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Software Outsourcing: Optimizing the Approach

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Providing outsourcing of IT services for more then a decade, Softheme, a Ukrainian software outsourcing company, gathered an extensive knowledge base on various aspects of the business. Analyzing our past experience we identified the approach which works best for our company and though it might be useful to share this approach with the community.

To learn more about how we optimize the approach to software outsourcing, please view the presentation below:

Software Outsourcing: Optimizing the Approach

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Softheme Summarizes 2009 Results and Achievements

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

2009 was a tough year for all businesses worldwide due to complex economic conditions. Software outsourcing has also experienced the influence of recession, being one of the most globally integrated business domains. It was the year of cutting costs and seeking new opportunities; and when it has passed, it’s a good time to summarize the outcomes.

“Today it’s evident that the past year not only slowed down some outsourcing trends but also streamlined the evolvement of others,” states Softheme Chief Executive Vadim Sharko.

Softheme Summarizes 2009 Results and Achievements

“iPhone development was one of those new trends for us which gained in popularity during 2009. Development of small and single-purpose applications for mobile devices is financially beneficial – they require relatively modest investments and are sold well. Each day Apple’s AppStore is refilled with a variety of new hot applications and tools.”

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Tags: 2009 results, cms, CRM, economic crisis, economic downturn, ERP, global recession, iphone development, microsoft, Outsourcing, php, Software outsourcing, Software testing, sun, Web development
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Outsourcing Contract End Date: the Best Time for Negotiation+

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

As our experience at Softheme and the practice of other industry specialists shows, the best time for customers to bargain with an outsourcing service provider for better contract terms – service quality or prices – is the contract end days. Not many customers know about this hint, but those who take advantage of this option not always do everything right. That’s why we would like to offer the six proven practices how to turn the last days of your deal to advantage.

First of all, let’s clarify why the contract end days are so beneficial for a customer. It’s simple and true. As the contract due date becomes closer, the client gets more power over the deal and the service provider since there is no threat of contract termination fees or other penalties and the customers can easily consider services of alternative outsourcing vendors or try to negotiate new terms beneficial for them.

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More Tips on Successful IT Outsourcing

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Outsourcing has already proved its position as a powerful business strategy for costs reduction and enhancement of business processes efficiency. Sometimes IT outsourcing projects happen to fail delivering expected results or they simply fail as a business strategy. Yet, this is not an index of any drawbacks in the outsourcing model.

While all projects are affected by external forces, special attention should be paid to internal processes of any project. Among the common reasons of IT outsourcing projects’ failure is insufficient control or lack of communication with the outsourcing service provider, unclearly defined core goals and objectives of the project, etc.

In an IT outsourcing project, when something goes wrong, it is critical to recognize early warning signs and take appropriate measures to correct the situation. If not recognizing the problem and correcting the situation, a customer should at least close the project in order to avoid losing too much money.

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Offshore Software Project Management for Customers

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

The success of an IT outsourcing project depends not only on an offshore provider who develops the project but also on how the project is managed remotely by the client. With a little input from their end customers shouldn’t expect for a project to be successful in the long run. The reason for this is simple: a client knows his business requirements and processes better than the vendor does. Outsourcing companies often work in a different part of the world and what they really can do is only develop a software solution or provide required IT services basing on the input provided by the customer.

IT project management approaches

Usually for large projects customers engage a dedicated IT project manager whose goal is to interact with the offshore development team acting as a virtual bridge between the client’s business and the offshore programmers. If a project is done without a dedicated IT project manager, a company may consider some simple tips on how to manage a development project quite successfully. They are listed below.

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