Questions tagged [outsourcing]
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Is our outsourced software vendor "Agile" or do they just not want to plan things?
FINAL UPDATE: After about a year, the vendor was not able to produce an acceptable application, so their contract was terminated. The business has instead selected a different vendor who will be ...
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50 votes
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Company outsourced testing; how can we encourage programmers to stop overly relying on testers?
A friend of mine is working in a 200-employee company. The company's business has nothing to do with IT, but they do have an IT department to work, among others, on their website, used by the ...
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7 votes
4 answers
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A few classes versus 20 classes? A question about bloat [closed]
In evaluating the work of an outsourcing company, I have found that they have a propensity for dividing work into as many classes as possible, each one being testable. In some ways this seems ...
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Is it possible to outsource calculations of an app to an external server?
I have a general question and unfortunately no background in programming apps, so I'm sorry if this is a stupid question: If my app has to process difficult calculations for which the power of the ...
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1 answer
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Share data layer for outsourcing project
We are a small team of programmers, and we are now facing a situation where we have to outsource some of the work in order to complete it in time. Project is about website that was previously build ...
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6 answers
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Old programmer disappeared. About to hire another programmer. How do I approach this? [closed]
After spending over one year working on a social network project for me using WordPress and BuddyPress, my programmer has disappeared, even though he got paid every single week, for the whole period. ...
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2 answers
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IEEE SRS documents: lightweight version when working with outside contractors?
Typically we follow an Agile development process that tends not to put an emphasis on writing requirements and technical documents that nobody will read. We tend to focus our limited manpower to ...
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What are the best practices and strategies for transferring an outsourced software development project in-house? [closed]
What are the best methods of knowledge transfer? What kinds of documentation should be expected? What activities should take place before and after handover, both by the external party and ...
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2 votes
1 answer
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Can an internally developed fast evolving, agile, short sprint web application lend itself to offshoring?
I have recently been set a target to achieve readiness to successfully manage and deliver results through the usage of offshore teams on our mainline development project within 12 months. Our ...
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4 votes
4 answers
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Collaboration between client, web designer, and web developer
I am primarily a Web Developer (back end programming) - but intend to offer a complete service to my clients, from concept, to brand design, photoshop mock-ups and everything else in between. I'm ...
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4 answers
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Why do exclusively outsourcing projects as a company? [closed]
A prospective employer told me they took a company level decision to do only outsourcing projects. I do not understand why they took such a decision and the guy I talked to did not elaborate. He ...
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2 answers
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Is it possible to outsource design properly? [closed]
I work in a company going through a downsizing process. It is assumed that a lot of "let go" developers jobs will eventually be outsourced. Some of those programmers had some design to do. Is it ...
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25 votes
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How can a non-technical person learn to write a spec for small projects?
How can a non-technical person learn to write specs for small projects? A friend of mine is trying to outsource some development on a statistics project. In particular, he does a lot of work in ...
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7 votes
3 answers
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What to look for in an outsourced partner
I'm working in a small startup as the sole developer in my spare time. We might need some more development help and are looking at an Indian company which comes recommended by someone we know (...
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11 votes
5 answers
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Offshoring a Software Project -- Conflict Resolution [closed]
I had been tasked with managing a project which was outsourced to some Ukrainian developers. The company hired them through Elance at a fixed price. At that point my boss left me alone to handle them ...
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