At one of my previous jobs, about 4-5 years ago, they decided to out source an entire project to an Indian based company. The final product did function, but the problem the company I worked for ran into was that the documentation made little sense to anyone and just the flow of how things worked also made little sense. In the end they ended up scrapping it and rebuilding it internally, was a costly experiment. Now some of that probably could have been avoided had a extremely detailed spec been made up for the project and then handed over to the out sourced firm. They always blamed it on cultural differences and how the outsourced company just looked and thought about problems in a different manner.
I do some freelance work here and there. Usually the biggest "obstacle" is adjusting to what ever standards they have already set in. However after being exposed to so many different methods, it really has not been a big "obstacle" in quite some time. I actually enjoy adjusting to the different methods, it helps me better myself IMHO. -- Aaron Rouse http://www.happyhacker.com/ On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:24:15 -0800, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184786 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
