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Customer Review
A well-written, informative, and helpful book on Offshore Outsourcing -- by someone who knows first-hand
I bought a copy of this book and distributed it to many inside my firm. The general consensus was it is eminently readable, clear, concise, and helpful, and summarizes the learning of many experienced individuals who have actually lived and breathed Offshore program execution.I'm honestly not sure if reviewer John H Kaplan actually read this book. For example, there is a great deal of emphasis on "formal communication" (read: methodology), and how important it is to making Offshore work. Awareness and management of risks, including network security and communcation, financial planning, and even internal communications, are identified and discussed in a pragmatic and accessible fashion.I take strong exception to this kind of emotional lambasting masquerading as objective feedback. This is not the forum to discuss and decide whether Offshore works. Clearly, if Mr. Kaplan is doing Offshore at all, he is doing it unwillingly. But my firm has had great success with...
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September 27, 2005
(Arizona) | Helpful Votes: 3 | Rating: 5
A good book to learn corporate executive vocabulary
I bought this book close to three years ago when I was thinking of starting my own software development outsourcing venture while I was still hired as a software contractor in the Seattle area. I bought it due to its great rating. However, it does not help me much as how to start out my own outsoucing venture and making use of US job experience and China connections that I think is a nich I have. So this book sits on the shelf for 3 years until recently I re-started to read it. The subject is mostly helping big US businesses on how to start an offshore outsourcing initiatives and making use of the existing services of those big offshore outsourcing service providers. It is not intended to help India or Chinese programmers here who are thinking of venturing into outsourcing as a small consulting business making use of your nich of knowing both US and another country (such as India or China). However, as I am reading this book again, I found the vocabularies used are very rich and I...
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January 26, 2010
(Portland, OR) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Product Description
In Offshore Software Development: Making It Work, hands-on managers of Offshore solutions help you answer these questions:
What is Offshore and why is it an IT imperative?
What do you need to do to successfully evaluate an Offshore solution?
How do you avoid common pitfalls?
How do you confront security and geopolitical risk?
How do you handle issues related to displaced workers?
The author applies her considerable experience in the analysis of such Offshore issues as the financial growth of the Offshore industry, keys to success in initiating a program, choosing and managing vendors, risk mitigation, and employee impacts. A detailed program checklist outlines the steps for successful Offshore execution, providing real-world exposure and guidance to a movement that has become a fixture in the IT realm.
About the Author
Tandy Gold is a 20-year veteran of the technology industry who is focused on entrepreneurial consulting and innovation. As part of her responsibilities in implementing the first Offshore initiative for a large financial institution, she created a monthly Offshore interest group. Comprised of Offshore program managers from Fortune 100 firms, together they represent more than 40 years of experience in Offshore. Top to learn more
Good Introductory material
This book is not fantastic. However, given that material in this area is not plenty, it is the best I have seen so far.
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July 21, 2010
(Singapore) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4