When outsourcing some people think that it’s as easy as giving the offshore company the requirements and letting them do their thing, and then come back some time later to pick up the finished product. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Outsourcing a project to an offshore company can meet failure due to several reasons, the most common one being lack of communication between the buyer and the seller.
Many buyers don’t consider the importance of regular communication on all stages of the project development until it’s too late. Many barely talk to the company between the moment they award the project and the end of the deadline. And this is a big mistake. Like in-house employees, offshore companies need someone to manage their work and keep them on the right track.
When you don’t communicate, you waste time which you could have applied fixing problems… and eventually you start losing money if you’re dependent on a deadline.
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