| What I will go to discuss below is not a sales pitch for | | | | It is very vital to control whatever budgets are |
| my company – it is pertinent and factual for any | | | | available during difficult economic period. A benefit that |
| outsourcing company. Furthermore, it is applicable to | | | | an outsourcing is able to offer is that of carrying out a |
| the outsourcing of roughly anything, not just software. | | | | specific project for a guaranteed fixed cost. |
| An economic recession, the one that the majority of | | | | 3: Jump at the forefront of the Competition |
| the world is at present passing through, is a time of | | | | A recession gives a forward thinking company a |
| great anxiety and cataclysm for the many companies. | | | | chance to jump ahead while its competitors are licking |
| Products are consolidated, employees are laid off, and | | | | its wounds, or at least made a pause. Outsourcing |
| budgets are cut down. In spite of all this, companies | | | | new projects enables you to make this jump ahead, |
| have to move on in order to survive. The smarter | | | | without distracting current staff and/or assuming extra |
| companies work to not only survive, but to in fact | | | | long term commitments as depicted earlier. |
| prosper whilst their competitors are suffering. | | | | 4: Build up Relationships, Processes, and Partnerships |
| The following is a list of what I believe is the top five | | | | Building up relationships, processes, and partnerships is |
| reasons you are supposed to consider outsourcing | | | | hard work. Trying to this whilst under tremendous |
| some of your software development even during a | | | | target pressure is extremely hard work, and |
| recession: | | | | increasingly inclined to failure. Take benefit of the |
| 1: Budget vs. Man Power | | | | slower economic period to explore and develop new |
| An attention grabbing happening is that there is often a | | | | relationship with vendors and partners on smaller |
| sizable budget on hand for outsourcing even if there is | | | | projects so that all of the folds are established before |
| an employee hiring freeze in place. On many occasion | | | | you take on larger and more complicated projects. |
| it is due to company politics and games, but there is | | | | 5: Make changes in Technology |
| also a very rightful reason for this to happen – | | | | Try to utilize the slower economic times to devote in |
| Having employees in-house is a long term commitment | | | | new technologies so that you are in an enhanced and |
| with recurring costs, while outsourcing or using | | | | more advanced position when the economy starts |
| contractors is a pay as you go method that can be | | | | picking up and clients start checking out your offerings. |
| fine-tuned as situations develop. | | | | Do any of these predominantly true to you? |
| 2: Fixed Price Projects | | | | Do any of these make sense to you? |