We've outsourced oversees and domestically. I think everyone involved in my company agreed that the oversees work was a disaster. The code that came back sometimes worked, sometimes didn't. Managing the project was a huge time sink. And the time difference it made everything an order of magnitude more difficult.
Domestically has been only slightly better. I think there were a few problems - on both sides. We have an incredibly complex business model. Therefore, anything we do ends up very complex. I think the person managing the project could have done a better job at identifying and communicating our needs. And, I don't think the consultants did a very good job of asking questions. The end result, is something that works, but the code is written with poor coding standards, is poorly documented (no commenting), and is so brittle that indications are that it will take twice as much work to implement customizations. My best suggestion if you are going to outsource is to require that you get example code from whomever is actually going to be coding the project. Then have one of your developers pick it apart to get an idea of whether it meets your standards. --Jeff On 11/18/2004 8:55 AM, Ryan Emerle wrote: > Has anyone had any success outsourcing large projects, or portions of > large projects, overseas or to temporary/freelance employees? Any > pros/cons to either? Any resources you can offer to someone exploring > his options? > > Basically, we're looking to supplement our current resources while the > company grows. Unfortunately our timeline does not allow much > flexibility to train new full/part time employees. > > Any help would be appreciated. Personal experiences would be extremely > helpful. > > Thanks! > -- > Ryan Emerle > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184745 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
