- Offshore software development is terms of software development services by an external provider situated in a country that is geographically remote from the client enterprise. Offshore means, the outsourced business functions done in another place.
Why to use Offshore Software Development System?
Answer - The low cost.
The companies are used offshore software development services when they found that low in cost than their local software development service provider. Other reasons for offshore software development are strategic - to enter new markets, to hit talent that is currently engaged internally and to conquer system that prevent particular activities internally.
The companies are used offshore software development services when they found that low in cost than their local software development service provider. India is the biggest successful country providing offshore software development services before China and Russia. Only these three countries are capable of scaling up enough to meet the demands of large-scale projects.
In today's competitive business environment, small- and medium-sized businesses are often edged out by their larger counterparts. Until now, large multinational corporations enjoyed the advantage of having affordable resources spread out across the globe. Their use of offshore software development meant that they could get the custom software they needed at a fraction of the cost of utilizing in house employees. Times have changed, though, and now businesses of every size can regain the competitive edge by outsourcing software development.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Offshore Software Development
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Quality
Quality - Often times, customer receives the application from the offshore provider which looks okay on the surface but is full of defects. What happens is the offshore team in order to meet the dates, skips the most important phase of the software project life cycle - Testing.
To ensure the excellent quality of application, the provider must do the testing at the various stages of the software project. For instance, during the coding phase, the developers must write the Unit Test cases for their module/form, and test the program thorougly. Once the coding is complete, QA group (assuming your provider has one) should execute the System Test Cases (written after the requirements are finalized) and make sure that the system performs as per the customer's requirements.
Another way to improve the quality of the software projects is to do the Inspections of the work products.
Each hour spent on quality assurance activities such as design reviews saves from 3 to 10 hours in downstream costs.
A requirement defect that is left undetected until construction or maintenance will cost 50 to 200 times as much to fix as it would have cost to fix at requirements time.
Inspections are detailed technical peer reviews of software designs or implementations. The customers should ask their offshore provider to conduct inspections at every stage of the development or the maintenance process. Because of their ability to detect and correct defects in upstream work products, inspections help us control cost and schedule of the project.
offshore software outsourcing
To ensure the excellent quality of application, the provider must do the testing at the various stages of the software project. For instance, during the coding phase, the developers must write the Unit Test cases for their module/form, and test the program thorougly. Once the coding is complete, QA group (assuming your provider has one) should execute the System Test Cases (written after the requirements are finalized) and make sure that the system performs as per the customer's requirements.
Another way to improve the quality of the software projects is to do the Inspections of the work products.
Each hour spent on quality assurance activities such as design reviews saves from 3 to 10 hours in downstream costs.
A requirement defect that is left undetected until construction or maintenance will cost 50 to 200 times as much to fix as it would have cost to fix at requirements time.
Inspections are detailed technical peer reviews of software designs or implementations. The customers should ask their offshore provider to conduct inspections at every stage of the development or the maintenance process. Because of their ability to detect and correct defects in upstream work products, inspections help us control cost and schedule of the project.
offshore software outsourcing
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Offshore Delivery Model
For organizations to stay ahead in today’s fast changing business scenario, time is the single biggest factor – time to market, time to launch new products, time to respond to customers. Organizations are faced with a growing number of challenges and business risks due to rapid advances in technology and increasing pressures on margins.
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