There are a growing number of offshore software firms that advertise rock-bottom hourly rates and promise high quality. However, our experience in software development and the independent research groups all agree that rate/hour is a notoriously poor indicator of the total end cost of a project and ignores the true end goal of project success. Additionally, critical skills such as requirements gathering and documentation and project management, are oftentimes left out of those delivery models.

		A global delivery model that distributes activities between local and offshore professionals and expertise.
		Adoption of proven development best practices, including a standardized process and coding standards.
		Superior communication and collaboration skills and toolkit. When outsourcing fails to deliver its promised benefits, it’s oftentimes due to poor communication and collaboration, sometimes complicated by a cultural gap.
		Employing and empowering mature and experienced resources with certified areas of expertise.
		Nurturing a service-mindset and client-focused culture of anticipating client needs, being flexible and professional, full transparency and generating measureable business value.