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Nearshore Development in Mexico: #5 High turnover

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Thursday, February 25, 2010. One of the major challenges facing the Indian IT services industry is the high rate of turnover among Indian IT professionals. I will start this article by telling a story. So, the point is that vendor attrition can seriously damage your project and even your business. Why is this happening? This attrition rate is primarily due to the restricted career options or growth opportunities that workers have. Some leave their career pursuing a higher education, but some others l...

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Nearshore Development in Mexico: June 2009

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Friday, June 19, 2009. Outsourcing software development to Mexico: Is it a smart option? When companies begin seeking to reduce in the cost of web software development, many begin to think of outsourcing, or offshoring, particularly to India. Now, in recent years, many American companies are coming across a new alternative: nearshoring software development in Mexico. More and more, nearshoring software development to Mexico is being recognized as a great option for many reasons (see below). The close pro...

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Nearshore Development in Mexico: January 2010

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Thursday, January 28, 2010. 2 Ignoring Timezone Differences - 10 Ways to Fail at Outsourcing. In what is perhaps THE MOST CRUCIAL. And FAILURE CAUSING item on this list, many forget that software development is HARD WORK and requires real-time collaboration. The working hour overlap is NILL between San Francisco and Bangalore for example. Click on the image to plan your meetings with another time zone. With the old Waterfall project management. Some Indian companies are adopting Agile project management.

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Nearshore Development in Mexico: September 2009

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Friday, September 18, 2009. Outsourcing is not necessarily a new way of doing trade. However, the recent globalization enabled U.S. companies to seek out new alternatives to fulfillment and as a result we have seen a recent redistribution of power. In the beginning with what has been called “ Outsourcing 1.0. Later, in the early 2000s, as the cost of labor in India and China began to rise, new territories were sought out. In what has been defined as IT “ Outsourcing 2.0. 1 Universal pain in all dimension...

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Nearshore Development in Mexico: August 2009

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Thursday, August 27, 2009. Nearshoring Software Development Makes Sense for SMBs. It appears the world is on the cusp of overcoming the worst crisis in recent history. As part of the recovery most companies will seek ways to reduce risks and costs while achieving more with less. For some software companies, outsourcing may be a great opportunity to achieve all objectives. But we have also seen it has not worked for everyone. For them, nearshore could be the solution. Why are nearshore software developmen.

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Nearshore Development in Mexico: February 2010

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Thursday, February 25, 2010. One of the major challenges facing the Indian IT services industry is the high rate of turnover among Indian IT professionals. I will start this article by telling a story. So, the point is that vendor attrition can seriously damage your project and even your business. Why is this happening? This attrition rate is primarily due to the restricted career options or growth opportunities that workers have. Some leave their career pursuing a higher education, but some others l...

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Nearshore Development in Mexico: #6 Lack of Technical Expertise

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010. 6 Lack of Technical Expertise. In an effort to reduce software development costs, more companies are looking to outsourcing. However, all too often, despite every effort to choose the right partner, IT executives find themselves stuck in a nightmare. In the beginning all seems to be a honeymoon; low prices, qualified people, etc. but further into the relationship, once you are committed, suddenly everything changes. When building software products not only is experience, but al...

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Nearshore Development in Mexico: #8 Fixed Price Contracts and Agile Project Management

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. 8 Fixed Price Contracts and Agile Project Management. A classic way to fail at outsourcing is not so obvious to the client or the vendor, and that is to attempt to fix the price, scope, and time line for a sizable engagement. Yes, fixed bid engagements ARE risky to the client! Typically, at this early stage of software product understanding, the 2 parties would come to a contractual agreement, fixed price, fixed (perceived) scope, and fixed deadlines for finishing. The proces...