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Vendor Selection |
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There are different horses for different courses,
and you have to select right one. Don't bet on
a dark horse. Price is not the only factor to
be considered while choosing vendor. Technical
skills and experience are equally important.
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Intellectual property
rights issue |
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A serious concern while going offshore software
outsourcing is, intellectual property rights
and theft of intellectual property.
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Your existing development
team |
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This is the most critical issue while your existing
IT team works with offshore software development
team. Without proper measures it may become a
blame game with no advantage to company.
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Offshore development
team & management |
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People and project management is often what separates
a winning combination and failure in offshore
software outsourcing.
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Communication |
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Because of geographically dispersed team and
different time zone, communication is an issue.
Company and service provider has to schedule meetings
at a compatible time.
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Approach and Methodology |
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"When we give a list of things to get done,
half would and half would not." This is what
you may hear from many companies having offshore
software development team.
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Manpower Turnover of
software outsourcing service provider |
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With recent boom of software outsourcing in India,
programmers are shifting jobs frequently. A newly
hired manager or engineer always wants to work
his way and may prefer to make change in architecture
of development work.
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Testing at different
location |
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In offshore software outsourcing, testing
is required to be done at several locations as
code is designed and developed at one place and
implemented at other.
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After project services |
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Project may require minor changes or upgradation
anytime and fastest turn-around can be provided
by those who have developed it.
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Walking away from the
deal |
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Breaking up is the hardest part to do when project
development is at mid stage.
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