For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals (Length: 8 pages)

February 5, 2008

Tapping The Full Potential Of Offshore Product Development

Ten Best Practices To Maximize Value And Savings

by Sudin Apte

with Christine Ferrusi Ross, John C. McCarthy, Allison Thresher


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Sending IT and applications related work offshore is a routine business decision in most enterprises. But now organizations and R&D heads are debating whether to send product development offshore as well. Skewed views about the nature of the work, unclear suppliers' expectations, and lack of trust characterize the state of the offshore product development market today. But sourcing professionals can help their firms safely send this higher level work offshore and unlock more value by building on the lessons learned by the IT side of the house and developing new, domain specific do's and don'ts.

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Analyst: Sudin Apte
Technology: B2B Sales & Marketing, Innovation Networks, IT Consulting, IT Services, Outsourcing, Packaged Applications, Product Life-Cycle Management, Systems Integration
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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