Outsourcing software development offshore : making it work /: making it work. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tandy Gold.
• Other Names: Gold, Tandy
• Contents: THE OFFSHORE IMPERATIVE; Crunching the Offshore Numbers: What the Financials Portend; Welcome to the Definitive Guide on Offshore Outsourcing; Setting the Stage: The Compelling Offshore Story; Offshore Outsourcing versus Traditional IT Outsourcing; Challenges of Offshore Outsourcing; Chapter Summary; ; Getting Started in Offshore; Executive Support and Communications: The Key to Success; A Look at an Example of Enlightened Leadership: Handling Employee Impact at a Northeast Utilities Company; Well-Planned and Executed Communications: A Critical Success Factor for Offshore Program Initiation; Establishing the Offshore Program Office for Executive Oversight; Hiring Outside Expertise: An Initial Look at Getting the Right Kind of Help for Offshore; Negotiating with Offshore Vendors for the First Time; Approaching the Measurement of ROI (Return On Investment) When Initiating Offshore; Defining the Parameters of That All-Important Initial Pilot: A Deeper Look at the Pros and Cons; Establishing an Initial Time Table for an Upgraded Network Security Infrastructure; Chapter Summary; Business Case: A Look at Citigroup (Citi), 17 Years and Counting in Offshore; Appendix: A Look at Ethics in the Workplace; Ethics Management Programs: An Overview; ; Choosing an Offshore Vendor: A Look at the Offshore Maturity Model; Ground Rules: A Snapshot of the Current Vendor Management Culture of the Fortune 100; Organizational Structure and Span of Control; What to Look for in an Offshore Vendor; Automated RFP Tools: Do They Work?; Negotiating the Offshore Vendor Contract: Do's and Don'ts; The Offshore Maturity Model: Anticipating Vendor Management for the Organization Mature in Offshore; Strategic View: Integrating the Offshore Vendor within an Overall Context of Resource Management; Summary: Keys to Success in Offshore Vendor Management; Appendix: The View from Gartner; ; A HANDS-ON OFFSHORE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT; Choosing Locations for Offshore: Country Pros and Cons; Country Strengths and Weaknesses: A Look Outside India; Why Offshore Services Leadership in India, and Why Now?; What is the Current State and View of Offshore?; Chapter Summary; ; The Offshore Program Checklist: What's Really Different?; The Offshore Program Checklist: Laying the Groundwork for a Successful Offshore Program; The Offshore Project Manager Checklist; Pre-Work: Validate Application Risk Level for Offshore; Program and Project Checklist-Final Thoughts; ; THE OFFSHORE PROGRAM CHALLENGE; Managing Employee Impact: Villain or Savior?; The Case for Ethics as Good Business: Strategic Resource Management for Offshore; Looking Beyond the Popular Press Sound Bite: What is the Threat of Offshore to Today's IT Workers?; Strategic Resource Management: Challenge of the Decade?; Impacted Workers: Recommendations and Logistics for Offshore; The Employee Placement Program: Recommendations and Logistics; Offshore: Impact on the Future of IT; Appendix: The Inherent Value of Jobs; ; Managing Risk through an Offshore Network Security Architecture; Macro Level Program Risks: A Baseline; Application Specific Program Risks; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; ; Pulling it All Together: Top 10 Do's and Don'ts of Offshore; The Top 10 "Do's and Don'ts" of Offshore; Appendixes; ;
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : Auerbach Publications
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 257 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005/.068/4; Computer software -- Development; Contracting out; REFERENCE -- General; Computer software -- Development; Contracting out; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0203507843; 9780203507841; 0849319439; 9780849319433
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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