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?
It can work but expectations have to be set correctly and management has to know what they are doing. I deal with a lot of folks in India and recently I've been more and more impressed with them. You need dedicated management staff (an overhead) and you need good specs (something you *ought* to be doing anyway). The bottom line is that if you have a good software process, outsourcing can be a really good approach financially. If you have a bad process, outsourcing can be a disaster. Back when I was working with BroadVision, I encountered a lot of very poor quality Indian consultants and code and that made me very wary of outsourcing. Since then - over the last four years - things have improved dramatically. Check out http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/hr/india/ -- Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/ Team Fusebox -- http://www.fusebox.org/ Breeze Me! -- http://www.corfield.org/breezeme Got Gmail? -- I have 1 invite "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184943 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
