Title :
Assessing the cost of Outsourcing: Efficiency, Effectiveness and Risk
Author_Institution :
Landmark Graphics, TX, USA
Abstract :
Offshore outsourcing is a popular approach for companies looking to reduce software development costs. We have found that the full picture of cost and value requires looking at efficiency, effectiveness, and risk. We provide a cost equation and analyze some real project data to help give a fuller picture to outsourcing or off shoring costs.
Keywords :
software cost estimation; software development management; offshore outsourcing; software development cost; Costs; Equations; Graphics; Outsourcing; Portfolios; Programming; Project management; Testing; cost effectiveness; outsourcing;
Conference_Titel :
Exploring Quantifiable IT Yields, 2007. EQUITY '07. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2537-2
DOI :
10.1109/EQUITY.2007.4
