More Reasons than Cost When Outsourcing Software Development
Fresh off the post yesterday on oDesk outsource statistics here is another interesting article on not realizing the true potential of outsourcing:
‘The true potential of outsourcing is not being achieved and we are still seeing a focus on a narrow remit of labour arbitrage and cost reduction. Overall our survey shows that the emphasis [...]
Read moreTools to Help Manage Offshore Software Development
In any software project, the software development labor component represents only 30% to 50% of the total cost. As for the total cost, it is taken away by project management, analysis and design, testing, and ancillary activities, such as, management and environment preparation. This is why the cost savings on offshore projects are not more [...]
Read moreTrue Benefits of Outsourcing Software Development
The turning point for many companies to start outsourcing their work was the current competitive trend of delivering professional world class quality, on time, work at cost effective prices. Many firms prefer to outsource their software projects offshore. There are many ideal benefits to suit your specific process-centric requirements.
True Benefits of outsourcing software development :
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What is Agile Software Development?
Agile software development is a framework utilized software development projects. It was born out of frustration within traditional project management activities. According to Wikipedia:
The modern definition of agile software development evolved in the mid 1990s as part of a reaction against “heavyweight” methods, as typified by a heavily regulated, regimented, micro-managed use of [...]
SCJP 5.0 Certification Preparation
by Ganesan
SCJP 5.0 – Carving a well qualified Java Tiger ProgrammerSun Microsystems offers many certifications starting from programmer level to architect level. The latest version of programmer (SCJP) exam is SCJP 5.0 – Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 (CX-310-055). Sun started calling SCJP 5.0 instead SCJP 1.5 from [...]
Offshore Software Outsourcing and reasons why offshore deals shatter
by Jason Himes
In the domain of Offshore Software Outsourcing the offshoring business is reaching the sky from day to day. Increasingly more IT companies opt for Offshore Outsourcing to satisfy their business needs. This trend also adds to the facts that many of the Offshore Software Outsourcing deals will fail due to improper planning and [...]
How to Successfully Evaluate Software Development Proposals
The first impression says a lot about a firm, especially about software development companies in a time like this when thousands of offshore firms fiercely compete against each other, and where professionalism has become a trade off for low prices.When you first contact a prospective software development provider, ask yourself how they present themselves; how [...]
Read moreGlobal opportunities originating from outsourcing
by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary
With the trend to offshore IT services forecast to accelerate, the UK’s IT industry needs to take action to retain its position on the global stage. By focusing on what UK PLC is good at the industry has the ability to go on from strength to strength. In a series of articles to [...]
Are Programmers Really Engineers?
“Software Engineering” – Whatever That Means
If a programmer hands you her business card, it probably won’t list her title as “Programmer;” It is more likely to read “Software Engineer.” This raises the interesting question: does a programmer’s daily job rise to the level of an engineering discipline? I think it would be more accurate to [...]
Choosing an Outsourcer
It is difficult to choose an offshore outsource provider because it’s hard to tell the difference between good and bad computer security. By the same token, it’s hard to tell the difference between good and bad medical care. Because most of us aren’t health care experts, we can sometimes be led astray by bad doctors [...]
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