A Practical Management and Engineering Approach to Offshore Collaboration

Authors:
James Cusick;Alpana Prasad
Affiliations:
Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services;Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services
Venue:
IEEE Software
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Leveraging offshore staff for software development is rapidly becoming the norm in the Corporate Legal Services division at Wolters Kluwer,. The Global Software Development model has evolved over the years into a relatively mature approach supporting new development as well as production support. This model offers a tactical approach to the offshore process for companies pursuing or planning to expand into offshore development. This article also documents key practices that lead to success in this environment and details traps that can limit project effectiveness.This article is part of a special issue on Global Software Development.