Category Archives: offshore software development

Dutch government: offshoring is no ground for collective firingDutch government: offshoring is no ground for collective firingHolländska regeringen: Offshoring är ingen giltig grund för kollektiv uppsägningNiederländische Regierung: Offshoring ist keine Begründung für kollektive Entlassungen

14 December 2011 Offshoring

The Dutch political party PvdA (Labor Party) will propose a bill to ban collective firing on the grounds of offshoring. The party declared so on its blog. I think that this way of thinking does not fit with our day and …

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The Rise of Financial Management as a Strategic ToolDe Opkomst van Financieel Management als een Strategische ToolFramväxten av ekonomistyrning som ett strategiskt verktyg Der Einsatz des Finanzmanagements als strategisches Werkzeug

12 December 2011 Offshoring

Thanks in part to several key mega-trends in business thinking over the last 30+ years, senior business and technology executives face a fairly generic list of tasks today. They are working to align information technology (IT) with business goals, turn …

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6 governance habits to create success in global staffing

13 September 2011 Offshoring

The traditional outsourcing model uses a fixed price or SLA as a basis to manage the relationship between the people onshore and offshore. The agreement is based on result. In global staffing, the agreement is based on effort and availability. …

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How to make an offshore programmer wildly motivated?Hoe maakt u een offhore programmeur enthousiast en gemotiveerd?Hur man gör en offshore-programmerare galet motiverad?Wie Sie einen Offshore Programmierer wirklich motivieren können!

12 August 2011 Offshoring

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about oral versus written communication in offshoring. One of my clients pointed me to another interesting question: how to make an offshore programmer enthusiastic about your project, how to motivate him and get …

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The future of offshoring: global staffingDe toekomst van offshoring: global staffingFramtidens offshoring: global staffingDie Zukunft des Offshorings: Global Staffing

28 July 2011 Offshoring

The past years, offshoring and nearshoring have become widespread among Western companies. Driven by the lack of skilled (IT) people in Western Europe, the high wages for IT people and the greying population, this industry is predicted to grow substantially …

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