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Managing Offshore Development. Ronnachai Uckara MBA 731. What is it?. Offshore programming
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Managing Offshore Development Ronnachai Uckara MBA 731
What is it? Offshore programming (also offshore software development, offshore software R&D) is provision of Software development services by an external supplier positioned in a country that is geographically remote from the client enterprise (a type of Offshore Outsourcing).
Why offshore? • Wages are much lower is countries like India and Russia in comparison with US and Western Europe. • It’s the availability of talent. People are well educated in “offshore software development countries” and are still available. • A very strong home-grown IT sector that is receiving strong government support.
Offshore center • India, China, and Russia are the three leading countries that currently control the offshore programming market. • Other offshore software development destinations include Pakistan, Vietnam, Philippines, Israel, Romania, Republic of Ireland, Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary)
How to manage offshore • Make sure the low labor cost is really lower • Assess the programmers' skills realistically • Have solid specifications • Make sure the project plan is very, very detailed
How to manage offshore • Make sure status reporting is unambiguous • Don't overlook language skills • Look at work samples
Offshore example: ANM • ANM's portfolio of offshore services comprises of offshore software development for product and solutions companies in the Financial, messaging, Travel, E-Com based development arena.
Offshore example: ANM Offshore Development Infrastructure • Establishing Virtual Private Network (VPN) with 24 hour connectivity • Establishing of a Project Control Office (PCO) • Inter office communication methodology • Centralized CVS Access • Tools for Offshore Management • Database and QA Servers • Legal Employees Contracts • Admin Help desk for Travel and hotel bookings
Reference • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_programming • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_outsourcing • http://www.russoft.org/docs/?doc=1123 • http://www.anmsoft.com/htm/offshore_development_center.htm • http://www.idinews.com/offshore.html