I am not in charge of the overseas outsourced project here - but I am watching it happen. There are many things people are not thinking of when it comes to outsourcing overseas, and I find it kind of funny to watch. Here are some of the good ones
* CVS, network, database access is / can be insanely slow for them as they are across the world. * Communications with other parts of the project (only some modules are being handled overseas, and their is not like dev list that anyone posts changes too so people keep breaking other peoples stuff) * I work with some of their code, but never met any of them or talk to them directly - they have a proxy guy here - who is very nice, but I have to ask him questions then get an answer in a couple days. All the uppers where drooling at paying engineers like 2 dollars an hour, but things, I think, people are totally overlooking are the details. * If they steal all our ideas, are we going to sue them... does an international lawyer, and court costs null the savings? Not that they have no honor, but its a possibility. * If you're outsourcing, then it's probably not feasible to get on a plane, fly over there and find out whats going on (at least of this example Calif -> India) * If your communications setup in house is ok to bad, it seems to get really bad when outsourcing - esp. when overseas. * If you think its going to "save the project", you're probably wrong. And I have noticed an odd thing too - when I work with local programmers, they tend to do extra stuff... you know those "hey thats cool good idea" kind of things. While the outsourced guys seem to fulfill the requirements (mostly) they don't seem to go the extra mile. ...ranting from the Pit... On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:55:19 -0500, Ryan Emerle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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:4:184782 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
