outsourcing – Silicon Valley Project Management

An Outsourcing Progress Report

By Anita Wotiz / July 7, 2008

I’ve written somewhat negatively about outsourcing in the past: primarily issuing warnings about doing it without proper planning, for the […]

By Steve Mezak / May 27, 2008

The programming press and IT journals are full of stories about the failure of software outsourcing. The statistics are sobering.

By Anita Wotiz / September 1, 2007

Unintended consequences? I certainly would agree with anyone who tells me there are appropriate circumstances and projects for outsourcing, whether

By Anita Wotiz / August 30, 2007

Managing outsourced work: can that project be saved? An experienced, well-trained project manager is not enough to guarantee an outsourced

By Anita Wotiz / August 29, 2007

Managing outsourced work Now that you’ve made your decision, picked a supplier, and written a contract, just kick back and

By Anita Wotiz / August 27, 2007

A few more things to do before making the outsourcing decision: 3. Create a Request for Proposal (RFP) that describes,

By Anita Wotiz / August 26, 2007

A company that has its own software development capability is driven to outsource software development in an attempt to save

By Sam Hahn / June 2, 2007

I have a friend (let’s call him Andy) who used to work for me and was a good engineer. He