Offshoring Information Technology - Sourcing and Outsourcing to a Global Workforce
A new book on IT offshoring has now been published. Russia received special attention and the following might be interesting for you.
Aug 18, 2005
Detailed book on offshoring has now been published
Offshore IT sourcing offers many advantages, but it is also complicated. Since the number of books on this topic is limited, the new publication "Offshoring Information Technology - Sourcing and Outsourcing to a Global Workforce" has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The book has been written by Professor Erran Carmel (American University, USA) and Paul Tjia (GPI Consultancy, The Netherlands). It contains more than 300 pages and is one of the most detailed publications available on the subject.
The decision to source software development to offshore firms is looked at frequently in simple economic terms: it is cheaper, and skilled labour is easier to find. In practice, however, offshoring is fraught with difficulties. As well as the considerable challenge of controlling projects at a distance, there are differences is culture, language, business models, politics, and many other issues to contend with.
Nevertheless, as many firms have discovered, the benefits of getting it right are too great to ignore. This book explains everything needed to know to put offshoring into practice, avoid pitfalls and develop effective working relationships. It covers a comprehensive range of important offshoring issues: from cost advantages to strategy, from service levels to cultural differences, from country comparisons to the marketing of offshore services. Many real-life examples have been collected, as well as countless stories and anecdotes. As an American IT-manager commented after reading the book: "Had it been available, it would have positively influenced productivity and performance in offshore IT work - and saved sleepless nights for many people!" The book will therefore be a great gift for your managers and staff and for your customers and potential customers.
The book is written for CTOs, CIOs, consultants and other IT executives. In addition, the book is informative for providers of offshore services and for policy makers and analysts in or around governments. The book even contains a chapter on the marketing of offshore services. It is resource for students and teachers in business and technology programs. The detailed table of contents has been added (including information on how to order the book).
About the co-author of the book
Paul Tjia is a senior consultant and founder of GPI Consultancy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has a background in IT and Cultural Anthropology. He assists clients embarking on the offshore journey with research, feasibility study, country and partner selection, and due diligence. He promotes offshoring by organizing seminars and study tours. He writes articles and reports and speaks at local and international offshore industry events.
With best regards,
Paul Tjia (sr. consultant 'offshore sourcing')
GPI Consultancy,
P.O. Box 26151, 3002 ED Rotterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]
tel: +31-10-4254172, fax: +31-10-4254317
Website: www.gpic.nl
Offshore IT sourcing offers many advantages, but it is also complicated. Since the number of books on this topic is limited, the new publication "Offshoring Information Technology - Sourcing and Outsourcing to a Global Workforce" has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The book has been written by Professor Erran Carmel (American University, USA) and Paul Tjia (GPI Consultancy, The Netherlands). It contains more than 300 pages and is one of the most detailed publications available on the subject.
The decision to source software development to offshore firms is looked at frequently in simple economic terms: it is cheaper, and skilled labour is easier to find. In practice, however, offshoring is fraught with difficulties. As well as the considerable challenge of controlling projects at a distance, there are differences is culture, language, business models, politics, and many other issues to contend with.
Nevertheless, as many firms have discovered, the benefits of getting it right are too great to ignore. This book explains everything needed to know to put offshoring into practice, avoid pitfalls and develop effective working relationships. It covers a comprehensive range of important offshoring issues: from cost advantages to strategy, from service levels to cultural differences, from country comparisons to the marketing of offshore services. Many real-life examples have been collected, as well as countless stories and anecdotes. As an American IT-manager commented after reading the book: "Had it been available, it would have positively influenced productivity and performance in offshore IT work - and saved sleepless nights for many people!" The book will therefore be a great gift for your managers and staff and for your customers and potential customers.
The book is written for CTOs, CIOs, consultants and other IT executives. In addition, the book is informative for providers of offshore services and for policy makers and analysts in or around governments. The book even contains a chapter on the marketing of offshore services. It is resource for students and teachers in business and technology programs. The detailed table of contents has been added (including information on how to order the book).
About the co-author of the book
Paul Tjia is a senior consultant and founder of GPI Consultancy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has a background in IT and Cultural Anthropology. He assists clients embarking on the offshore journey with research, feasibility study, country and partner selection, and due diligence. He promotes offshoring by organizing seminars and study tours. He writes articles and reports and speaks at local and international offshore industry events.
With best regards,
Paul Tjia (sr. consultant 'offshore sourcing')
GPI Consultancy,
P.O. Box 26151, 3002 ED Rotterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: [email protected]
tel: +31-10-4254172, fax: +31-10-4254317
Website: www.gpic.nl