TY - GEN
T1 - Preliminary analysis for risk finding in offshore software outsourcing from vendor's viewpoint
AU - Sheng, Zhongqi
AU - Tsuji, Hiroshi
AU - Sakurai, Akito
AU - Yoshida, Ken'Ichi
AU - Nakatani, Takako
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - It is meaningful to investigate the know-how of experienced project managers on the side of vendors about the risk in offshore software outsourcing. A survey is conducted to find out the main risk factors from the vendor's viewpoint. The questions asked include background information of vendor and respondent, suggestions to the client, and evaluations on experienced offshore projects. In all, 131 respondents from 77 vendors evaluate 241 offshore software outsourcing projects upon 30 items. The background information about the respondents and the vendors is summarized first. The preliminary analysis on the characters and the achievements of experienced offshore projects is reported in this paper. Some conclusions are drawn at last.
AB - It is meaningful to investigate the know-how of experienced project managers on the side of vendors about the risk in offshore software outsourcing. A survey is conducted to find out the main risk factors from the vendor's viewpoint. The questions asked include background information of vendor and respondent, suggestions to the client, and evaluations on experienced offshore projects. In all, 131 respondents from 77 vendors evaluate 241 offshore software outsourcing projects upon 30 items. The background information about the respondents and the vendors is summarized first. The preliminary analysis on the characters and the achievements of experienced offshore projects is reported in this paper. Some conclusions are drawn at last.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-01856-5_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-01856-5_10
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876216659
SN - 3642018556
SN - 9783642018558
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 134
EP - 148
BT - Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development - Second International Conference, SEAFOOD 2008, Revised Papers
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches to Outsourcing and Offshore Development, SEAFOOD 2008
Y2 - 2 July 2008 through 3 July 2008
ER -