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Succeeding with an Offshore IT Project: Methods and Best Practices
A practical guide to understanding offshore IT, choosing the right partner and structuring an IT project that performs, lasts and stays under control.
Format
Free PDF guide, sent by email
Who it is for
Executives, CTOs and CIOs, Product Owners, project teams
Topic
Offshore IT projects
Based on
Real IT projects and more than 15 years of hands-on experience
What you will learn
Scope, choose a partner and run an offshore team.
This guide is not only about costs or resources. It approaches offshore IT as a strategic lever, covering the human, methodological, organizational and cultural dimensions that are essential to the success of an offshore IT project.
- Understand when and why to bring in an offshore delivery center
- Choose a reliable offshore partner (concrete criteria, mistakes to avoid)
- Set up effective collaboration with a remote team
- Structure an offshore IT project in less than 4 weeks
- Concrete examples of how offshore teams are built
- The 15 golden rules for successful IT outsourcing
Who it is for
Who is this guide for?
Anyone managing an offshore IT project:
- Executives and business owners
- CTOs, CIOs, IT managers
- Product Managers / Product Owners
- Startups, SMBs and scale-ups with concrete IT project challenges
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A clear method to succeed with an offshore IT project.
Frequently asked questions
Offshore IT projects: your questions.
What is offshore IT?
Offshore IT means entrusting all or part of your IT projects to teams based abroad, while keeping control over the management, quality and direction of the project.
What are the benefits of offshore IT?
Offshore gives you access to qualified skills, more flexibility and faster projects, provided you have a methodological framework and a reliable partner.
How do you succeed with an offshore IT project?
Success rests on three pillars: sound initial scoping, structured communication and clear collaboration between local and offshore teams.
How quickly can an offshore project get started?
An offshore IT project can start within a few weeks, usually less than 4 weeks, if the goals, scope and organization are clearly defined from the outset.
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Integrating Quality Standards into an IT Project
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