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Anatomy of an Outsourcing Deal

Anatomy of an Outsourcing Deal. Why Outsourcing?. Benefits of Outsourcing Flexibility in skills Flexibility in timing Flexibility in volume Cost Savings What are the hidden costs? Asset management Process management Integration Morale. Prepare a “How To” For Your Game.

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Anatomy of an Outsourcing Deal

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  1. Anatomy of an Outsourcing Deal

  2. Why Outsourcing? • Benefits of Outsourcing • Flexibility in skills • Flexibility in timing • Flexibility in volume • Cost Savings • What are the hidden costs? • Asset management • Process management • Integration • Morale

  3. Prepare a “How To” For Your Game

  4. Be Detailed and Specific

  5. Go beyond the facts and include technique

  6. Educate them about your product • Get them a playable copy of your game • Be available and give them a contact

  7. Negotiating the Cost

  8. Get Bids From Multiple Vendors • Does not include some hidden costs such as internal management and integration time

  9. Ask the Details About Prices

  10. Start Small and Leverage • Begin with giving a small amount of work • Then give them more work at the same price and expect the same quality

  11. Contract Highlights

  12. The Right Way

  13. The Wrong Way

  14. Force Majeure Protecting Against the Revolution

  15. Project Management • Watch out for the bait and switch • If quality drops - name your artists

  16. Project Management Continued • Utilizing internal artists in the process • Don’t start until your pipeline is established and tested • Don’t forget about contract lead time

  17. Outsource Wiki • Centralized information across teams • History of interactions • Easy access to sample work as well as work done on other projects

  18. Consolidation of Information • More efficient management of across multiple vendors and across multiple teams

  19. Day to Day Management • Consolidation and history of interaction • Quality comparisons across contracts

  20. Other Forum Uses • Benefits both vendor and client • Easy forum for designer and producer review

  21. Questions?

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