By: MarutanRay
I agree with the general content of the argument. I am not in a position to comment on the actual costs of outsourcing / off-shoring. But i would like to add that in the 80s when off-shoring started,...
View ArticleBy: MarutanRay
one more point, most of the reports on outsourcing are written by companies that are involved in outsourcing, i.e. they have an economic benefit in increased outsourcing, not by companies that are...
View ArticleBy: Frank
I have not read all the comments above so my apologies if this comment is redundant. I work at a company that outsources most of its work to Indian firms and I’ve often wondered about the impact of...
View ArticleBy: AnAmericanWhoWentToIndia
On a side note…look what offshoring does to the USA Back when H1-Bs were popular to bring technical folk here, those people stayed in the USA, rented apartments in the USA, bought cars in the USA,...
View ArticleBy: Parag
Your logic is flawed. You seem to think that if someone bill $100/hour, it will be flawless ?? Don’t equate rates with quality. 50% of projects fail regardless of whether outsourced or not. Though I...
View ArticleBy: Dave
Hi Parag, I think you missed the point of the article: managers believe offshoring will save them tons of money, and the reality is far different than that. Rates are no guarantee, but your own...
View ArticleBy: Jade
Agile methodologies with short sprints should be used to make sure that initial scopes and estimates match outputs at each step. If the client is diligent enough and is part of the process, warning...
View ArticleBy: lowlyworker
One observation that bears correcting. Upper management doesn’t keep outsourcing because they believe it’s more cost effective, they keep outsourcing because it applies wage pressure on the rest of...
View ArticleBy: terry
I agree with lowlyworker. My company is trying outsourcing thinking if they outsource low level tasks and extra projects that our US team can’t get to they’ll save money, but I noticed that I didn’t...
View ArticleBy: Sean
I agree that outsourcing is proving problematic for many Companies, and also very hard to pin down accurate numbers. No CIO or CEO is going to publish abject failure in a process they championed and...
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