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Welcome to the pages of Softheme company blog. During years of successful work in the sphere of software outsourcing we have accumulated the rich experience of project development of various complexity levels. We believe that it is time to share our knowledge base with the IT-community. |
This blog will contain constantly updated articles covering the topics of programming, website development, project management, and legal side of operation of an outsourcing company in Ukraine. We hope that our solutions and examples will prove to be useful to other participants of the IT outsourcing market. |
Posts Tagged ‘Outsourcing’Softheme at Agile Base Camp + PicsMonday, January 30th, 2012
4 Notable Software Outsourcing Trends in 2012Friday, January 13th, 2012
1. The quality of outsourcing services, as well as it’s perception by the clients, has improved greatly. This is true not only for Ukraine, but for all major destinations. Outsourcing companies move from selling man-hours to offering industry expertise. Software outsourcing cleints are interested that their teams are not just technically savvy, but also are capable to establish proper processes that help manage quality on all stages of software development lifecycle. Actually it’s not surprising - experience is the key to better quality, and the more complicated outsourcing projects are, the better quality outsourcing providers offer. (more…) Bookmark/Search this post with:
      World’s IT outsourcing in Q2Monday, July 25th, 2011 world's IT outsourcing in Q2 According to TPI, outsourcing marked contracted by 18% to US US$16.4 billion in the second quarter, which is 21% lower than in Q1. The main reason – decreased demand in the Americas and drop in the number of large contracts. However, current contract pipelines suggest an improvement in global TCV (total contract value) for the remainder of the year. At the same time there was growth by 13% in Europe and by 55% in Asia Pacific. Besides, restructirings (contacts that are renewed, restructures or renegotiated) brought 30% growth compared to the same quarter one year ago. What’s interesting, is that TCV has lost 20% compared to last year, but the total amount of contracts showed only 1% decrease. Our vision is that general number of world’s outsourcing contracts is only growing, but those contracts migrate from expensive destinations (like Canada, UK and USA) to cheaper ones (Asia, Africa nad Estern Europe). The decrease in large contracts can be explained by diversified strategy of the big players, who want to mitigate risks of contracting with unstable Third World countries and split big contracts to smaller parts to spread within various destinations. (more…) Bookmark/Search this post with:
How IT Sourcing Pros Can Do Better on Emerging TechnologyTuesday, February 15th, 2011
Why? In part, it’s due to the historical nature of the challenges SVM professionals face. For example, emerging technologies are not traditionally considered the responsibility of sourcing professionals, making them a less likely player for key insight. Additionally, the high standards sourcing applies to larger contracts often raises red flags, which does not translate very easily to new technologies. The unintended consequence? SVM professionals often slow the adoption process and are viewed as barriers to innovation, rather than supporters and enablers. Bookmark/Search this post with:
Eight Ways to Ensure Outsourcing SuccessThursday, February 3rd, 2011
Certainly, the cost-saving motivation is still significant: The cost for programmers and support services overseas can be less than half of what their domestic equivalents can be. Nevertheless, to achieve those savings, you have to know how to work with the outsourcing vendor. We spoke with several managers who have used outsourcers to build and augment their systems, and we came away with eight suggestions to help ensure that your next outsourcing contact—and contract—will be successful. 1. Make sure there is a strong cultural fit between your two organizations. This involves both the country of origin of the outsourcer and your own corporate culture. “The Dutch are very direct at telling you when you have done something wrong, but in India, that can backfire and shut things down immediately” says Scott McDonald, the CTO of FCI USA, in Etters, Pa., a manufacturing company with French headquarters that has used a number of outsourcers all over the world. “The French like to have a lot more interaction than we do, and in Asia they like more structure and to understand the various components of a process. We hired an external consulting firm to help us understand the differences among the various cultures and how we operate.” Bookmark/Search this post with:
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Nobody can tell more about the market than the representatives of a given industry. Below we provide the summary on the trends in software outsourcing customers’ behavior that we find important to share with you:
