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  • CAST study identifies massive technical debt

    A recent study conducted by CAST used their Application Intelligence Platform to evaluate the structural quality of 365 million lines of code. In this interview with CAST’s chief scientist Dr. Bill...

  • How to best security test your applications

    Security testing is an important factor in the application development process, and fortunately there are specialists who work to ensure that applications are as secure as possible. However, it can...

  • Practicing Scrum with outsourced QA teams

    QA and testing are integral parts of software development, and expert Lisa Crispin holds that the team operates more effectively when QA is not outsourced. However, when this isn't possible, the qu...

  • Best practices for mixing Agile and outsourcing

    Software consultant Nari Kannan describes how to mix Agile practices with outsourcing. Some of the best practices that can be adopted to make this effort successful are reducing risks up front with...

Outsourcing Software Projects

  • Best practices for mixing Agile and outsourcing

    Software consultant Nari Kannan describes how to mix Agile practices with outsourcing. Some of the best practices that can be adopted to make this effort successful are reducing risks up front with hybrid Agile models, organizing work in special ways...  Tip

  • Test management: Measuring the performance of testing-- who tests the testers?

    By answering three questions, software test organizations can improve their effectiveness and the value of their services. In this tip with Software Quality Systems' director Ivan Ericsson, you'll learn the metrics needed to ensure an effective and e...  Tip

  • QA manager role depends on communication, planning, capacity

    Improve the exchange of information in your organization to better fulfill your role as a QA manager with these three cornerstones.  Tip

  • Offshore outsourcing projects: Seven things every PM should know

    Project managers handling offshore outsourced software projects face extra challenges. PM expert Bas de Baar explains how managers can work with and learn from their foreign partners and employees.  Tip

  • Trust on a global scale

    Globalization and the transparency of the Internet may lead to trickery and mediocrity, argues project management expert Bas de Baar. If reputations are known worldwide, then many people will either lie or avoid risk altogether.  Tip

  • Project management calls on a new set of skills

    Project management, Bas de Baar claims, is changing, and PMs will need a new set of skills. This new environment, he says, demands abilities traditionally associated with women.  Tip

  • How to best security test your applications: Collaboration and outsourcing

    Security testing is an important factor in the application development process, and fortunately there are specialists who work to ensure that applications are as secure as possible. However, it can be difficult to know when it is necessary to outsour...  Answer

  • Practicing Scrum with outsourced QA teams

    QA and testing are integral parts of software development, and expert Lisa Crispin holds that the team operates more effectively when QA is not outsourced. However, when this isn't possible, the quality testing group must be involved in daily scrum m...  Answer

  • The future of software testing

    Should a business analyst invest time and money in software testing training or will testing jobs become scarce as more are moved offshore? Expert Mike Kelly offers his insight.  Ask the Expert

  • Collaboration and communication tools for virtual meetings

    Distributed teams need good tools in order to conduct productive meetings. Project management expert David Christiansen discusses communication and collaboration tools, including both proprietary and open source.  Ask the Expert

  • Testing models and outsourcing

    Outsourcing testing is a may follow a collaborative model or a factory model. Expert John Overbaugh explores the testing outsourcing and how these two models work.  Ask the Expert

  • How to collaborate, conduct meetings virtually

    With distributed workforces or outsourced operations, you must be able to collaborate and conduct meetings virtually. David Christansen provides some tips to help you out.  Ask the Expert

  • Agile development across continents

    Software quality is hampered when a development team can't communicate properly. Expert Bas de Baar offers tips for collaborating with a team scattered in different locations.  Ask the Expert

About Outsourcing Software Projects

Outsourcing, the practice of hiring a third-party organization, to perform all or part of a software project has become commonplace in the information technology industry. The decision of whether to source a project in-house or outsource is often based on cost and the desire for an organization to focus on core competencies. Outsourcing models for software projects are varied and may involve offshoring, a model in which the outsourced employees reside in another country. Globalization of outsourcing operating models as resulted in a variety of new team configurations, processes and best practices that are used in effective software projects.