5 Mistakes in Development Outsourcing
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This document outlines 5 common mistakes made in development outsourcing: 1) Hiring developers without proper technical advice, 2) Choosing an unsuitable outsourcing provider due to unrealistic estimates or lack of developer experience, 3) Demanding a fixed price which creates conflicts over effort levels, 4) Poor communication through overly long documents or lack of direct access to developers, 5) Failing to plan for ongoing support, infrastructure maintenance and future feature development. It provides tips to avoid these mistakes such as hiring an advisor, checking provider references, using agile pricing, streamlining requirements, and establishing support packages.
5 Mistakes in Development Outsourcing
- 1. 5 MISTAKES IN DEVELOPMENT OUTSOURCING
- 2. ABOUT ME Ron Gershinsky Community Manager @ 500Tech
- 3. ABOUT US 500Tech - Web & Mobile Development Outsourcing, Placement, Training, Consulting
- 4. # 1 GOING TO TRIAL WITHOUT A LAWYER
- 5. TAKE A TECH ADVISER WITH YOU
- 6. BAD ADVISER Too much planning, Irrelevant technology
- 7. FIND TECHNICAL PEOPLE IN MEETUPS
- 8. #2 CHOOSING THE WRONG PROVIDER
- 9. WATCH OUT FOR RED FLAGS
- 10. UNREALISTIC SCHEDULES OR PRICING Get many offers, wonder about those who stand out
- 11. WATCH FOR THOSE WHO JUST NOD! You want your developers to ask questions
- 12. WHO'S GOING TO DEVELOP? You don't want interns developing your product
- 14. FIXED = CONFLICT OF INTEREST You want minimum effort they want maximum effort
- 15. FIXED = YOU PAY MORE Success = you pay an extra margin Failure = you pay extra to make it work
- 16. YOU WANT AGILE DEVELOPMENT Agile means flexibility and working together That can only happen with dynamic pricing
- 17. PRICES IN ISRAEL 200-300 / hour 350-400 / hour
- 18. PRICE = HOURLY * HOURS The highly priced can be cost-effective : 200 per hour * 400 hours = 80,000 400 per hour * 100 hours = 40,000
- 20. DON'T OVERDO 150 Pages is not a good design document for a startup
- 21. CONSULT WITH UX EXPERT Their time will save you a lot of development hours
- 23. WHO DO YOU TALK TO? Make sure you can talk directly to your developers
- 24. KEEP UP TO DATE Use project management software like trello or asana
- 25. SEE YOUR APP LIVE : use a staging server or test flight to see your app
- 26. #5 NOT PLANNING FOR TOMORROW
- 27. BUG: OMG! SOMETHING BROKE, WHO WILL SAVE ME?
- 28. SUPPORT WE NEED TWITTER CONNECT AND OTHER FEATURES, WHO WILL DEVELOP THEM?
- 29. INFRASTRUCTURE server is down, who maintains it, updates, security, storage, slow communication
- 30. SOLUTIONS Support Package (40 hours a month) Hosting & Monitoring
- 31. THANK YOU! ron@500tech.com www.500tech.com QUESTIONS?