Re: Re: ANN: Agile Outsourcing

I have seen both good and bad implementations of offshore and have come 
to the (obvious) conclusion that it's a multiplier for the abilities of 
the commissioning organisation. If they know what they're doing and use 
the exercise to improve their processes then they'll gain. Otherwise, 
they'll get more unmaintainable dross, cheaper than in-house but now 
they're also hostage to a company half a world away.

You also ignore cultural differences at your peril. Not including lots 
of flights in the offshore budget is a false economy.

S.

sufi_saif wrote:
> James,
>          Your views on putting agile practices in the outsourced 
> model are terrific.Some of the considerations on making the agile 
> methodologies work in the offshore model are very practical. 
> 
> However, in times of pervasive reach of digital communication 
> including emails;ip telephony;audio and video conferencing lot of the 
> problems of time zone and cultural differences are increasingly 
> becoming irrelevant. Therefore, an oblique reference to the relative 
> de-merits of locations like India;Russia etc are unwaranted now. 
> Indian firms have had the largest chunk of the outsourcing pie for a 
> while. What is more important is the increasing customer satisfaction 
> and credibility brought about by successful project deliveries over a 
> course of time. Firms like WIPRO and Infosys are even managing 
> successful ROI on remote network management services which are more 
> affected by time zone differences etc. The regular app development 
> projects, by this yardstick, should be still better. 
> [...]


 

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