Comments on: Startups & Offshore Outsourcing http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/ Lee Semel's thoughts on internet and technology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:06:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: offshore outsourcing india http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-1149 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:44:22 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-1149 really it's very-very important that you will outsource your project to those firm which has talented mass of developer and programmer, so that your project have been done on a time period and it will save your time as well as your money. really it’s very-very important that you will outsource your project to those firm which has talented mass of developer and programmer, so that your project have been done on a time period and it will save your time as well as your money.

]]> by: Rick http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-1075 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:38:55 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-1075 I was wondering if I could 'borrow anyone's brain' for a shot period of time. I am a university student at Northampton (UK) and am currently conducting my final year dissatation. Anyone with experience in the outsourcing (or indeed insourcing) would be of great help to me if they could fill out a questionnaire on the subject for acedemic research purposes. Thanks, Rick I was wondering if I could ‘borrow anyone’s brain’ for a shot period of time. I am a university student at Northampton (UK) and am currently conducting my final year dissatation. Anyone with experience in the outsourcing (or indeed insourcing) would be of great help to me if they could fill out a questionnaire on the subject for acedemic research purposes.
Thanks, Rick

]]> by: Venky Ganesan http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-882 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:21:38 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-882 I am biased since I am an investor in oDesk (www.odesk.com) but your readers might want to consider that marketplace as an alternative to elance and rentacoder.com. At oDesk you can hire programmers on a HOURLY basis because you have the benefit of collaboration software that allows you to communicate and collaborate with your talent on a real-time basis (like you do in real-life). This feature allows you to hire someone on a hourly basis and manage them as the specifications of your product changes (and we all knows specifications change all the time) Venky I am biased since I am an investor in oDesk (www.odesk.com) but your readers might want to consider that marketplace as an alternative to elance and rentacoder.com. At oDesk you can hire programmers on a HOURLY basis because you have the benefit of collaboration software that allows you to communicate and collaborate with your talent on a real-time basis (like you do in real-life). This feature allows you to hire someone on a hourly basis and manage them as the specifications of your product changes (and we all knows specifications change all the time)

Venky

]]> by: offshore outsourcing india http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-751 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:07:51 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-751 Offshore outsourcing gain importance because in the western world cost of production is much higher than the third world; this is the reason why foreign companies are outsourcing their work to countries like India who have access to latest technology, apart from this factor also have vast pool of software professionals. Offshore outsourcing gain importance because in the western world cost of production is much higher than the third world; this is the reason why foreign companies are outsourcing their work to countries like India who have access to latest technology, apart from this factor also have vast pool of software professionals.

]]> by: Borrow My Brain » Blog Archive » NextNY Meeting Thoughts http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-493 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:29:16 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-493 [...] A lot of the participants at today’s meeting felt that technology was just a support function for their business, and could be entirely outsourced overseas. I think it works for some businesses, but not all See my thoughts on when offshore outsourcing works and when it fails. I’ve met with too many entrepreneurs who’s whole businesses are being stalled because of the technology side. [...] […] A lot of the participants at today’s meeting felt that technology was just a support function for their business, and could be entirely outsourced overseas. I think it works for some businesses, but not all See my thoughts on when offshore outsourcing works and when it fails. I’ve met with too many entrepreneurs who’s whole businesses are being stalled because of the technology side. […]

]]> by: Bilaal Ahmed http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-422 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:36:37 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-422 Great post Lee! I managed to learn the hard way but the whole experience has made me a better manager and I've learned to adapt with contingencies. From my experience if you have a medium to large project, don't expect: - value-added service - deliverables being fully met Throughout my whole experience there were some patterns: - lowering expectations because they would constantly under-deliver - extensive delays - during a release, no explanation is provided on deliverables, problems encountered, areas of improvement - inconsistencies in scope, re-defining requirements - no sense of anticipation or planning (will not manage tasks in parallel) Quite frankly, if your project is small there are a lot of open source or off the shelf solutions that can meet your needs, and provide better results than offshoring. If you want to customize, again, you'll have a problem communicating your requirements. In some areas offshoring has been a success but there's still a long way to go before it can bring higher-end services. Great post Lee!

I managed to learn the hard way but the whole experience has made me a better manager and I’ve learned to adapt with contingencies.

From my experience if you have a medium to large project, don’t expect:
- value-added service
- deliverables being fully met

Throughout my whole experience there were some patterns:
- lowering expectations because they would constantly under-deliver
- extensive delays
- during a release, no explanation is provided on deliverables, problems encountered, areas of improvement
- inconsistencies in scope, re-defining requirements
- no sense of anticipation or planning (will not manage tasks in parallel)

Quite frankly, if your project is small there are a lot of open source or off the shelf solutions that can meet your needs, and provide better results than offshoring. If you want to customize, again, you’ll have a problem communicating your requirements.

In some areas offshoring has been a success but there’s still a long way to go before it can bring higher-end services.

]]> by: Bronte Media » Outsourcing Development http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-409 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:58:56 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-409 [...] There has been some quality discussion around the pitfalls of outsourcing development over at NextNY in the last few days. Darren Herman has an excellent post about a positive experience he continues to have, and Laurent Katz and Lee Semel both have some lessons learned from less positive experiences. [...] […] There has been some quality discussion around the pitfalls of outsourcing development over at NextNY in the last few days. Darren Herman has an excellent post about a positive experience he continues to have, and Laurent Katz and Lee Semel both have some lessons learned from less positive experiences. […]

]]> by: Greg Harris http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-407 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:54:11 +0000 http://www.borrowmybrain.com/2007/02/14/startups-outsourcing/#comment-407 Lee, Perfectly put! By keeping development local, we are able to implement new features in hours rather than days or weeks. I've been managing software development projects for 15 years, and I've yet to find one where the initial detailed spec and the final product matched. Offshore is good for some small projects, but outsourcing initial development work on your main product could be fatal. Lee,

Perfectly put! By keeping development local, we are able to implement new features in hours rather than days or weeks. I’ve been managing software development projects for 15 years, and I’ve yet to find one where the initial detailed spec and the final product matched.

Offshore is good for some small projects, but outsourcing initial development work on your main product could be fatal.

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