Category Archives: Outsourcing

Regarding our outsourcing group.

What is the difference between an Indian and Eastern European programmer?Wat is het verschil tussen een Indiase en een Oost Europese programmeur?Vad är skillnaden mellan en Indisk och en östeuropeisk programmerare?Was ist der Unterschied zwischen einem osteuropäischen und einem indischen Programmierer?

6 November 2012 Cultural Differences

Last week, I had a conversation with somebody about the differences between Indian and Eastern European programmers. Or maybe we spoke about programmers in general. The thing I find always hard in our business is to answer questions about these …

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Openness and trust in offshore relationshipsOpenheid en vertrouwen in offshore relatiesÖppenhet och förtroende i offshorerelationerOffenheit und Vertrauen in Offshore Beziehungen

16 October 2012 Communication

I am reading a book called ‘100% succesvolle IT-projecten’, written by Klaas Jung and Gerard van de Looi. They write about the key success factors in IT projects. One of the chapters that stand out for me is about relationships and openness. …

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My Journey to India

11 October 2012 Cultural Differences

When I decided that I’m really going to India for my Internship at Bridge Global, one of the leading software solutions provider with smart IT team building solutions, I had no idea what to expect. For me India was an …

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Agile CMMI: Combining Strengths

5 October 2012 Outsourcing

  Some years ago the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) published the technical report CMMI or Agile: Why Not Embrace Both, to describe that CMMI and agile can co-exist. I was surprised that such a report was needed. All the projects that …

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E-Commerce Outsourcing: BenefitsE-Commerce Outsourcing: VoordelenFördelar med outsourcing av e-handelE-Commerce-Outsourcing: Die Vorteile

21 September 2012 Outsourcing

Outsourcing is the process through which a company hires another company to provide labour or to play some function for them instead of using their own staff to carry out the function. Today, outsourcing is becoming the order of the …

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