Key differences between local and offshore software development
While many of the processes and practices for managing offshore outsourcing are similar to
outsourcing to local suppliers, we have found that there are four major differences that are
unique...
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Key differences between local and offshore software development
While many of the processes and practices for managing offshore outsourcing are similar to
outsourcing to local suppliers, we have found that there are four major differences that are
unique to offshore software projects.
1.
Vendor selection and contract negotiation are more complex.
Today, more than twenty countries are considered to be offshore outsourcing locations.
And
within many of the most attractive countries there are at least several hundred potential
suppliers.
The processses of identifying an appropriate set of potential companies,
conducting meaningful RFI and RFP activities, and negotiating project arrangements are
much more difficult and time consuming than evaluating outsourcing vendors within one’s
own country.
The diverse cultures, foreign language barriers, differing time zones, difficulty
in understanding and interpreting the information received, and unfamiliar legal systems and
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