Software outsourcing is on of the most popular ways to enlarge your company. If you need unusual solutions, new ways of doing business, outsourcing is the only way to get it. The main reason of co-operation between software development company and outsourcing company is that only outsourcing will help to improve the quality of your services, enlarge the competitiveness of your company, and, consequently, to make you a fortune.

What projects are preferred for outsourcing?

Theoretically, there exists the possibility to outsource any project you want (Web design, database development etc.). But in reality businessmen like to outsource such projects, that will give them the possibility to concentrate on the main business fields, and that is why they do not prefer to outsource, for example, database administration.

This situation is not connected with Web design or software development company. That is why the quantity of software outsourcing companies is quite large.

What results people usually expect from outsourcing?

I've heard that managers who are planning software outsourcing in their company usually expect that expanditures on labour costs or training of staff in the office will be cut down by 30% or even 50%. They even believe that if you count person hours for implementation of certain project, deployment and many other expenditures, it will be cut even more than 50% of expenditures. That is why outsourcing is quite preferrable way of doing business in software companies.

What are the most specific features of outsourcing in software development?

One of the most specific features is choosing provider. After choosing, you should discuss coding standarts and some requirements that are really important in outsourcing.

If its software outsourcing company, one of the most important features is building of mock-ups in the system and UI prototypes during the specification phase. Every vendor has its own procedure of making report. You should beter rely on it, but you also should have the constant access to the report. If they don't have usual procedure, you may outwork your own, and then you may provide an access to it for your vendor.

Is it so important to make project plan, specification and other documents?

Yes, it is really important. Sometimes, the way the documents are made may say to specialist not only about the project or the company, but also about professional skills of vendor. In the project plan must be the information about deadlines and milestones. If it is software outsourcing company there must be the information about delivety of code. This way of outsourcing is quite reliable and it will secure your business.

What is expected for outsourcing in the future?

It is noted in IDC report that more than a half of midsize companies outsource their human resources functions, including the fields connected with IT. It is predicted that in the next decade offshore outsourcing will catch up India, China and Russia. It will be 3.3. million service industry jobs in United States and more than $135 billion in wages that will move to these countries. So, you can see that the forecasts are quite hopeful.