This article came across to my reader from a Project Management feed.
The programming press and IT journals are full of stories about the failure of software outsourcing. The statistics are sobering. Less than 50% of outsourcing meets financial objectives. The outsourcing of many business processes besides software development also has the same less-than-stellar results.
Interesting article and it narrows it down to a very basic and critical piece that a software development process should have as a first step towards success of the project ... outsourced or not (I think).
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Why Outsourcing Fails, Even with Good Project Management
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Interesting piece. Even in house projects will fail most of the time if there aren't good requirements. Personally, I think outsourcing just takes that situation and magnifies it.
I agree with Shawn. It ils down to the core issues: have good requirements (that are understod), have good metrics (that are meaningful), and have good communicaiton b/w the developer and the customer (constantly).
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