Establishing and Managing Risk factors in Offshore Software Development
Outsourcing software development is usually done with the intention of lowering the cost of a project. The decision to outsource is also taken to redirect and conserve the competent skills of a particular business, or to utilize the more efficient skills of the outsourced company, its technology, and its resources.
In outsourcing a software project, traditionally, [...]
How to Implement Agile Offshore Development
Development of software is always a team effort and is best accomplished with the teams working close to each other. The discussions that take place amongst the teams in real time, moves the project forward to its implementation. However, the practice of relying on Agile offshore development has brought about a powerful marriage between the [...]
Read moreGood and Bad Week for Offshore Software Development
At first, I considered it a bad week for my offshore software development efforts. But, then after further thought, it was actually quite positive.
As mentioned before, I find it efficient and cost effective to offshore software development work when the deliverable is clearly defined. This past week, projects I’ve been working on [...]
Thinking Offshore Web Design? Think Again!
Offshore web design firms promise ultimate convenience and savings to businesses around the world. Many companies even decide to hop aboard the outsource wagon and hire these design firms. In many cases, they get more than they bargained for.While it is true that many offshore web design firms promise low, low prices for web design [...]
Read moreChallenges Indian Offshore Teams Face in Working with Americans
As the foremost “hot spot” for America’s offshoring and offshore outsourcing of technology and business services functions today, India presents an important case study of differences in business culture. In the course of years of giving seminars to both American and Indian teams working together, I have found recurring themes and incidents that point to [...]
Read moreOutsourcing A Source To Create Competitive Advantage
US can learn from the German and Japanese experience. In the middle 1980s, German industries lost its cost advantage and its high value and production capabilities could not even stop the outflow of jobs to offshore. The same scenario was repeated in the Japanese corporate scene in the 1980s. [...]
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