The Outsourcing Low Cost Lie | Lessons of Failure.
I have to agree here. I find that the cultural differences between the US and other countries are astounding. We as a country give little instruction and expect the professional to use some of his/her time for discovery and using their professional judgement. After all, that’s why we pay them.
I have found that a lot of time is spent using a waterfall approach to the project planning stage. More time than would be needed from an American team. This time is usually more expensive than the programming. The extra time required upfront eats into a large part of the savings. What I was unaware of was the 50% fail stat. That’s just crazy. It’s one thing if you have the time to fail and more projects lined up for when you do find the right offshore team you can make up the 50% of failures in the long run. It really is a gamble if you have 1 or 2 projects in the hopper. Factor in the time you spent preparing each team until you find that company that actually works out for you, and you’re savings are a complete wash. Even worse if time to market is of any value to you!
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