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Framework for delivering higher quality statements of work for outsourced software development project
In 2009, a study performed by AMR Research Inc. showed that roughly 80 percent of enterprises plan to increase their amount of IT outsourcing or keep it the same. Despite this continuing trend,…
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Offshoring
Offshore businesses competing in the outsourcing industry provide Western organizations with numerous advantages, including reduced costs and access to top-level experts. This paper examines how…
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PMI Global Congress—Asia Pacific
When agendas override objectives
This paper examines an actual case about one particular sponsor who did not enforce a contract when a vendor refused to meet the scope.
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Velocity is not just for consultants
Organizations will sometimes outsource an IT function when they believe that a consultant can more expeditiously implement the IT initiative. This paper examines eight techniques--recommended by IT…
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Offshoring for the project manager: globalization is here. Are you ready to take advantage of it?
To gain top-level experts for an affordable cost, many organizations are outsourcing their critical and non-critical business activities. But managing these projects effectively requires that…
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Customer value creation in outsourced IT projects
When companies outsource projects, they are attempting to generate significant business value and benefits for a lower cost than they would expend in implementing the effort internally. But often,…
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Management of 3rd party software development suppliers
Instead of primarily relying on in-house resources to implement projects, an increasing number of software development companies are now outsourcing their projects to third-party suppliers that…
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ICT project management contracting
By implementing information and communications technology (ICT) projects, numerous major organizations have generated the capabilities needed to both compete globally and accomplish change…
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PMI Global Congress—North America
Offshore development best practices
This paper examines how one customer and its vendor developed a large system application to manage an offshore project
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My boss wants me to manage this offshore project! Avoiding the offshore IT project nightmare
The use of offshore information technology (IT) project resources is becoming a widespread phenomenon. Technological and communications advances have reduced the distances between far-reaching areas…
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