Outsource It!

The Path Toward Disposable Outsourcing

Your first—and most important—step toward establishing disposable outsourcing is to commit to it. Ask yourself, “What if the offshore vendor disappears tomorrow?” Go through your processes and procedures with a fine-toothed comb. Pay particular attention to ramp-up processes, look at every hand-off, and examine every artifact and interface between the teams. As you adjust your software development life cycle and delivery methodology to accommodate for outsourcing, introduce steps that will keep your outsourcing partner disposable.

The waterfall model works naturally with disposable outsourcing, and even more so with high CMMI-level vendors, because of its high degree of detailed documentation, staged ...