Category Archives: offshore software development

The future of offshoring: global staffingDe toekomst van offshoring: global staffingFramtidens offshoring: global staffingDie Zukunft des Offshorings: Global Staffing

The past years, offshoring and nearshoring have become widespread among Western companies. Driven by the lack of skilled (IT) people in Western Europe, the high wages for IT people and the greying population, this industry is predicted to grow substantially …

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Does offshoring lead to a loss of knowledge?Leidt offshoring tot een verlies van kennis? Leder offshoring till förlorad kunskap?Führt Offshoring zu einem Verlust von Wissen?

Volkskrant, a popular newspaper in the Netherlands, published an article with the title ‘knowledge economy under pressure because of shortage of IT people‘. In the Netherlands (and the rest of Europe), there are big shortages of skilled IT people. ICT …

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The 5 key success factors in offshore software development

If you have considered outsourcing or offshoring software development recently, you may have thought about the key success factors to ‘make it work’. In the past years, I have gained substantial experience in how to (and how not to) manage …

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