One of the things that I try to tell folks who are interested in doing software product engineering globally is to consider the well established benefits outsourcing can bring to the table in conjunction with own teams local & global. In this context I came across this article titled “Leveling the Developer Field” by Michael [...]
WSJ has a very good report by Phanish Puranam and Kannan Srikanth of London School of Business that describes Seven Myths About Outsourcing (WSJ.com subscription required) and how to address those. The video interview above talks in brief about some. The essence of the report is that outsourcing and offshoring are highly collaborative engagements where [...]
I recently came across two interesting posts by CEOs of startups who have tried offshoring and decided to bring the work onshore. The two used different models and had good things to say about their experiences but in the end realized that the work is better done onshore than continue offshore. The first one by [...]