Keys to Success in Using Outsourcing

Here are the keys to success in using Outsourcing:

  • Select the Outsourcing vendor carefully.

  • Craft the contract with the vendor carefully.

  • Plan to manage the outsourced project at least as carefully as you would an in-house project.

  • Make communication with the vendor a priority, both electronically and in person.

  • Do at least as good a job of specifying requirements as you would do for an in-house project (unless requirements specification is one of the vendor's strengths).

  • Be sure that Outsourcing of the rapid-development project is in your organization's long-term best interest.

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