Trends Report

Onshore And Nearshore Services Gain Full Focus As Business Transformation Demands A Tightly Knit Partner Strategy

The Need For On-Demand Communication Is Driving Distributed Delivery Teams Closer To Home

March 24th, 2022
Ted Schadler, VP, Principal Analyst
Ted Schadler VP, Principal Analyst
Amanda LeClair, Senior Analyst
Amanda LeClair Senior Analyst
Jeffrey Rajamani, Sr Analyst
Jeffrey Rajamani Sr Analyst
With contributors:
Keith Johnston , Frederic Giron , Ashutosh Sharma , Kara Wilson , Diane Lynch

Summary

Executives expect to staff more services from every location, but two-thirds of the 1,550 services decision-makers we surveyed say that their most important location increases in 2022 are onshore, nearshore, and onsite — not offshore. One reason is that software development happens at a much faster pace today, requiring closer collaboration among delivery teams, often in daily standup meetings. Development teams in faraway time zones are harder to keep coordinated than those nearby.

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