Re: What are the most important issues during offshore software development

Luiz,

I will, source out to me. You can send the Guitar after Iteration 3.

Yours,

Jens
Am 03.07.2008 um 19:26 schrieb Luiz Esmiralha:

> Hi Jens,
>
> Oh, sure, but first you just have to send me proof that I'm wrong.
> Proof that is not based on bias, "personal experience" (bias) or
> "empyrical evidence" (bias).
>
> Thanks and good luck,
> Luiz
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:17 PM, jens bendig  
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Luiz,
> >
> > please send the Guitar to this address:
> > motionDesign/void Gmbh
> > Fahrenheitstr. 1
> > 28359 Bremen
> > Germany
> > Thanks,
> > Jens
> >
> > Am 03.07.2008 um 18:38 schrieb Luiz Esmiralha:
> >
> > The problem is not outsourcing to Asia. The problem is  
> outsourcing. I
> > bet my Gibson Les Paul that results would be much poorer if, for
> > instance, brazilian companies offshored systems development to
> > american or german companies. After all, how many americans or  
> germans
> > out there can communicate well in Portuguese?
> >
> > Software professionals from India, Brazil, China and Eastern Europe
> > are just as knowledgeable as those from North America and Western
> > Europe, so it is offshoring that hurts product quality.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Luiz Esmiralha
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 1:21 AM, shi lin <[email protected]>  
> wrote:
> >>> > Yeah, there are some many successful offshore stories.
> >>>
> >>> And Enron was a "success story" once -- before it wasn't. :-)
> >>>
> >> Yup. Been there, done that, seen the disasters.
> >>
> >>> > That is why US or European companies outsourced their projects
> >>>
> >>> Companies outsource because it's cheaper. In the cases I'm  
> personally
> >>> familiar with, the project owners simply didn't care that the end
> >>> product
> >>> was unmaintainable, barely-usable crap.
> >>>
> >> Mostly. More often the project owners were forced into it be  
> boardrooms
> >> who
> >> didn't want to know.
> >> Offshoring was "kewl" and made you look "modern" because  
> "everybody does
> >> it
> >> so it must be good".
> >>
> >>> Their only goal was to show their boss the project was done, check
> >>> it off, look good for the next performance/salary review.
> >>>
> >> The goal was usually to do it on the cheap, never mind the  
> consequences as
> >> I'll no longer be managing the project after it enters maintenance.
> >>
> >>> Forgive me if I'm skeptical of all the white-paper "success  
> stories"...
> >>>
> >> Nothing to forgive.
> >> While there are successes (I've seen them) those do NOT involve  
> offshoring
> >> to Asia and only involve offshoring the mechanical work of  
> turning highly
> >> detailed technical designs into code modules.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Dipl.-Phys. Jens Bendig
> > motionDesign im Technologiepark Universität Bremen
> > http://www.motionDesign.de
> > [email protected]
> > Fahrenheitstr. 1
> > 28359 Bremen
> > Tel. 49 -421 2208 311 nachmittags
> >
> >
> >
>
> 

Dipl.-Phys. Jens Bendig
motionDesign im Technologiepark Universität Bremen
http://www.motionDesign.de
[email protected]

Fahrenheitstr. 1
28359 Bremen
Tel. 49 -421 2208 311 nachmittags