Category Archives: Offshoring

How to not screw up when managing a remote teamManagen van een team op afstand zonder het te verprutsenHow to not screw up when managing a remote teamWie vermasselt man das Managen von einem entfernten Team nicht?

30 September 2013 Offshoring

This week, I launched my first ever book. The book is written together with some experts from all over the world. It is part of a series of ebook on managing remote teams. Our aim is to help people who plan to manage or already manage a remote team. I have found in the past years, that many people struggle when part of their team is working offshore or nearshore. The challenges in managing remote teams are a.o. managing the distance, cultural differences and different time zones. Many offshore or nearshore providers today use methods like scrum to bridge the challenges. But Scrum tells you only a small part of the story, it helps a lot to manage a remote team, but there is more to it.

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The Evolving World of Outsourcing De evoluerende wereld van outsourcing Den ständigt utvecklande världen inom OutsourcingDie sich wandelnde Welt des Outsourcing

26 September 2013 Offshoring

Once considered a controversial topic, outsourcing is now embraced, not just by technology organizations but with information technology (IT) departments of companies in various industries. I can confidently say that the volume of technology offshore outsourcing – where small and large organizations in economically developed nations send work to companies in developing countries – has risen since this approach became common during the mid 90’s economic boom. During that period, the standard of the practice remained pretty much the same.

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The Biggest Myths About Offshoring

19 September 2013 Offshoring

Perhaps your business has more work than it can handle. Or maybe you’d like to take on additional responsibilities, but can’t because you don’t have the specialized expertise needed to get the job done right. Outsourcing certain back-office tasks can help your business to focus on doing what it does best, without sacrificing the quality of those things you’re just not equipped to handle right now.

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10 Offshore Outsourcing Buzz Terms

4 September 2013 Nearshoring

It is no secret that call center outsourcing is a well known industry; as a matter of fact, there are so many people who know of the many advantages of offshore outsourcing and plan to explore it. There are a lot of jargons used in the “offshore outsourcing” business, which are known to be quite confusing.

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Is managing remote teams different from managing a local team?Is het managen van een team op afstand anders dan het managen van een lokaal team?Är det någon skillnad mellan att leda team på distans och att leda team lokalt? Ist das Managen von entfernten Teams anders als das Verwalten von lokalen Teams?

30 August 2013 Offshoring

I recently read an interesting discussion on Quora. I love the reply of Venkatesh Rao. I am currently writing a book on managing remote teams and engage many experts from around the world to write about the best practices on offshoring and nearshoring. Here is the reply he posted:

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