Comments on: Startups & Offshore Development

By: buzoganylaszlo

buzoganylaszlo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:59:38 +0000

Nice post!

By: Brett Miller

Brett Miller — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:05:29 +0000

Thanks for writing this article. It can be a tough decision. Detailed requirements are a must and acceptance that you are getting cheaper software in exchange for greater risk of failure (due to distance, communication, etc).

Here is another perspective on whether a project should be sent offshore:

http://cspreston.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/does-...

Thanks,

By: Bronte Media » Outsourcing Development

Bronte Media » Outsourcing Development — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:59:34 +0000

[...] There has been some quality discussion around the pitfalls of outsourcing development over at NextNY in the last few days. Darren Herman has an excellent post about a positive experience he continues to have, and Laurent Katz and Lee Semel both have some lessons learned from less positive experiences. [...]

By: David Chen

David Chen — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:17:56 +0000

Thanks for this post. This is real good advice. Lee Semel also echoed the same advice in an email he send to me today – “Coders overseas are OK if your project is well-defined, you have it written up very explicitly, it’s a standard type of project that’s not reliant on design or technical innovation, you’re not using the ‘agile’ process, and you have someone local who’s qualified to review the work in detail.”

Thank you both.

By: Startups and Offshore Outsourcing at oWizard. By Robot (and me)

Startups and Offshore Outsourcing at oWizard. By Robot (and me) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:32:42 +0000

[...] Should you outsource your development offshore? This is a question I get asked often both by entrepreneurs and consulting clients. Serial entrepreneur Darren Herman has an excellent post today on when to use internal and offshore development teams, and I’d like to add my own perspective. I’ve had great success outsourcing for projects large and small, but the success really depends on the specifics of the project, your ability to oversee it, and the quality of the offshore outsourcing firm. Ask yourself these questions before outsourcing a project: [...]