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Five Pitfalls to Avoid When Offshoring Software Development

The Startup Magazine

If so, it’s highly likely you’ve already come through a bunch of materials about offshoring. Offshoring has both light and dark sides. The number one question when starting to look offshore is how to organize your activities. Of course, when you start working with an offshore location you expect the best results.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

Dont expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. core competency entrepreneur near shoring offshoring outsource startup' Its hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring?

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. It’s hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency.

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones. It’s hard to write a detailed specification on an evolving new service, process, or product that embodies your core competency.

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7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t follow the examples of institutions in the recent financial meltdown, or certain oil companies working offshore, or the many smaller company examples we have seen in our own neighborhoods.

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The new benchmarks

deal architect

The range of on-premise versus SaaS, onshore versus offshore talent, opex, capex, EBITDA calculations of license, hosting, maintenance, implementation etc. I am helping review for a client competing proposals from several consortia of software vendors and systems integrators/outsourcing firms.

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