Software Without Borders: A Step-by-step Guide to Outsourcing Your Software DevelopmentEarthrise Press, 2006 - 299 Seiten When everything goes right, you end up with high-quality software in half the time for a fraction of the cost. But over 50% of offshore outsourcing projects do not achieve their cost-saving goals or timelines . . . or just fail completely. The mistakes and missteps are costly and painful, but NOW you don?t have to go there. This book shows you step-by-step how to make software development outsourcing work, from concept to completion. You?ll discover how to:? Choose the right vendor quickly and confidently? Stay in control of your outsourced software development project ? Achieve on-time, on-scope, and on-budget results ? Fiercely protect your intellectual property? Decide when to create a subsidiary for even greater savings |
Inhalt
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Chapter 2Where to Outsource | 31 |
Chapter 3How to Select your Outsourcing Vendor | 71 |
Chapter 4Offshoring or Creating Your Own Offshore Subsidiary | 97 |
Chapter 5Describing Your Software for Outsourcing | 115 |
Chapter 6Controlling Your Outsourced Software Development | 146 |
Chapter 7Software Oursourcing Metrics | 169 |
Chapter 9Outsourcing Your Quality Assurance | 196 |
Chapter 10Five Situations Right for Outsourcing | 205 |
Chapter 11The Future of Global Software | 220 |
Appendix AThe Outsourcing Stategy Decision Matrix | 235 |
Appendix BThe Outsourcing Readiness Test | 245 |
Appendix CAvoiding the Seven Deadly Dangers of Outsourcing | 250 |
Bibliography | 267 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
agile software development agreement approach balanced scorecard Belarus budget bugs Chapter China clients CMMI collaborate complete contract outsourcing contractor creating a subsidiary criteria culture customers data entry decision matrix defined describe develop your software embedded system employees engineering team example experience expertise global goals going hire implement in-house India intellectual property IP risk issues iteration Java license ment metrics Microsoft milestones modules multiple offshore outsourcing offshore subsidiary offshore team offshore vendor open-source operations outsourced software development outsourced team outsourcing destinations outsourcing vendor problem programming rates release schedule software application software company software development process software development project software development team software product source code specification startup Steve strategy success technical test-driven development testing tion track Ukraine user interface user stories ware white box testing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite ix - We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.