Best Practices of Successful Offshore Software Development April 2, 2008

You have heard about all the potential cost advantages of sending your software development work offshore. In order to remain competitive in today's environment you must reduce your time to market while also cutting your engineering costs. At the same time you have heard, or possible even experienced, horror stories related to offshore development. Products that did not meet expectations, delayed delivery dates, unrealized cost savings, communication challenges, and the constant agony of high turnover with your offshore team.

This presentation will help you to better assess how you can maximize your benefits with offshore engineering work. It will explore the different offshore models available, and how to determine what is right for your organization. Project characteristics, organizational process capabilities, and internal resource commitments will be discussed and related to selection and ongoing management of the optimal offshore relationship model.

Questions that will be answered include:

* Am I ready to outsource projects?
* How do I go about selecting a partner? What characteristics should I look for? Where should I look?
* How should I start the offshore partner relationship to minimize risk?
* What type of projects are good candidates for offshore development?
* What procedures must I implement to ensure long term results?
* What should I expect from my offshore partner?
* What are the early warning signs of trouble? What should I do?

Free for members, $10 for non-members, more at the door.

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