EAN: 9783642029868

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING APPROACHES FOR OFFSHORE AN...

SEAFOOD 2009: Enabling Global Partnerships to Deliver on Business Needs Companies have been
outsourcing areas of software development work for many years  either because of the
engineering challenges or because the outsourced aspect is not central to their core business.
A profound transformation has been a?ecting this model over recent years: a massive transfer of
development - tivities from the USA and Europe to a skilled labor force in service-providing
countries. This transformation has been driven by the demands of a global bu- ness climate
seeking to increase the value delivery of IT investment. However  the ability to realize this
value can prove problematic in practice. Of particular concern are the hidden costs of globally
distributed models of working  such as understanding and communicating the true business needs
across organizational and cultural boundaries. To address such issues  o?shore outsourcing
requires di?erent support from in-housedevelopmentandthismeansadaptingfamiliartechniques
processesand tools to this setting  as well as perhaps creating innovative new ones. Coupled
with this industry transformation there is hence a pressing need to re-examine
thosesoftwareengineeringapproachesthateither facilitate orimpede this model of working. With an
inevitable focus on the economy in 2009  business decisions regarding the sourcing of software
development projects will come under close scrutiny. It will become increasingly critical to
design global partnerships that both clarify cost bene?ts and enable delivery on business
needs.

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