Re: Book on Offshore Outsourcing

Gill Bentry wrote:
> b2bhandshake_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> I'll tell you how to manage an offshore project: Don't send your
> project offshore. 3rd and 4th world programmers bungle, bloat, and
> mangle code. Any cost "savings" will be quickly lost in performance
> penalties and lost business.

I'd have to agree.

The unfortunate part is that upper management still just doesn't seem to get it.

Even when a company is getting material sent back to them that's not documented in readable English, that doesn't work, and that is so wrong it's faster to rewrite it from the ground up than to correct it, they STILL continue this trend that in most cases serves no other purpose than to lower quality while ultimately not saving a single red cent (save for stupid accounting tricks).

Part of the problem is that we simply can't compete against an exchange rate, and the other part is that you can't fight an upper management that has no concept of quality. For all the talent we are told about that exists in other countries, and I'm sure there is PLENTY of high quality talent in these countries, I don't believe those talented people are being used in most offshore projects.

The stories posted by one of the other people in the group about projects being backsourced are absolutely encouraging. Unfortunately, it takes a long time for corporate America to learn lessons and implement change.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com Received on Fri Sep 01 2006 - 09:44:59 CDT