Chapter 28. Outsourcing

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Outsourcing is the practice of paying an outside organization to develop a program instead of developing it in-house. Outsourcing companies can have more expertise in an applications area, more developers available to work at a given time, and a larger library of reusable code to draw from. The combination can result in a dramatic reduction in the time needed to deploy a new product. In some instances, Outsourcing can save development cost, too.

Efficacy

Potential reduction from nominal schedule:

Excellent

Improvement in progress visibility:

None

Effect on schedule risk:

Increased Risk

Chance of first-time success:

Good

Chance ...

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