Author Archives: Hugo Messer

About Hugo Messer

Hugo Messer is a Dutch entrepreneur, distributed agile team specialist, and author. He is the founder and owner of Bridge Global, a software services provider, and ekipa.co., an agile coaching agency. He has been building and managing teams around the world for the past several years. His passion is to enable people that are spread across cultures, geography and time zones to cooperate. Whether it’s offshoring or nearshoring, he knows what it takes to make global cooperation work.

5 top reasons for IT project failure and how offshoring can help5 redenen waarom IT projecten mislukken en hoe offshoring kan helpen5 top reasons for IT project failure and how offshoring can help5 Top Gründe für das Misslingen von IT Projekten und wie Offshoring helfen kann

1 April 2011 Offshoring

A recent research from American project management consultancy PM Solutions identifies the top 5 causes of project failure. The research among 163 companies shows that only 47% of projects are termed ‘successful’, whereas the remaining 53% could be labeled ‘failure’ (either terminated, …

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How can you ensure quality in offshore software development?Hoe waarborgt u kwaliteit in offshore softwareontwikkeling? How can you ensure quality in offshore software development?Wie können Sie die Qualität in Offshore Softwareentwicklung sicherstellen?

24 March 2011 Offshoring

Frequently, I hear people mention that ‘the quality’ of the software that is produced offshore is bad. Or people say ‘Indians produce bad quality’. Or they say ‘outsourcing doesn’t work, because the quality is too low’. Such conclusions sound like …

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When do you start looking for an offshore employee?Wanneer gaat u op zoek naar een offshore werknemer?When do you start looking for an offshore employee?Wann beginnt man sich nach einem Offshore Angestellten umzusehen?

18 March 2011 Offshoring

Many companies struggle with finding the right person for the right position, because there is a lack of talent available in the market. The forecasts on the scarcity of talent are not very promising. As the economies grow and (especially …

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Does offshoring lead to a loss of knowledge?Leidt offshoring tot een verlies van kennis? Leder offshoring till förlorad kunskap?Führt Offshoring zu einem Verlust von Wissen?

8 March 2011 Offshoring

Volkskrant, a popular newspaper in the Netherlands, published an article with the title ‘knowledge economy under pressure because of shortage of IT people‘. In the Netherlands (and the rest of Europe), there are big shortages of skilled IT people. ICT …

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5 Mistakes Made When Offshoring & what to do about them5 Veelgemaakte Fouten Bij Offshoring & wat daar aan te doen5 Mistakes Made When Offshoring & what to do about them5 Fehler beim Offshoring und was man dagegen tun kann

24 February 2011 Offshoring

The shared services & outsourcing network published a good list of ten mistakes that companies make when offshoring. Although all factors are relevant, by focusing improvement efforts on 5 of them, you will improve your chances of success by at …

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