Offshoring is not dead, however there is a shift in Offshoring Strategy
While the low cost labor was the only criteria used for offshoring in past decades, the new additional criteria have emerged in the market – These are 24 X 7 development and 24X 7 support, creating ownership accorss time zones etc, to name the few..
Offshoring needs to be managed properly and aligned with business goals.
The scope
- Sign the NDA- Non Disclosure Agreement to keep confidentiality
- Create Offshoring Policy with business targets
- Create the outcome based project plan for the offshoring
- Create Offshoring Service Delivery Model
- Define the key business alignment parameters and potential benefits besides cost saving
- Define the monitoring mechanism for key parameters
- Modifications of Offshoring plan documents on regular intervals
- Education and Training for the senior / middle IT management – at parent and offshoring locations.
Salient feature of this exercise are –
- Develop creative / innovation IT Offshoring approach
- Create PMO/ EPMO model with agile methodology approach
- Look for distinctive value addition strategies
- Identify links between operational realities and the dynamics of industry specific issues
- Provide strategic transformation support on ongoing basis
The Implementation –
We help
- In all stages from start to finish or for the specific stage or in between the stage
- In individual assessments of stage
Engagement –
- Turnkey basis, Time & management basis, Hybrid of Turnkey and T & M basis
- For development, hand-holding basis and on retention / ongoing basis