Global economy is here to stay and expand
The information technology and software development community has been impacted by global economy perhaps in more ways than any other industry. Geographically dispersed teams in India, China, Russia, and other countries across the globe are working together to build or maintain complex software products and corporate applications. This global reality is here to stay and expand.. Do you have the experience to manage the complexity associated with this new reality, minimize risks, and ensure success?
The founders and consultants at agileSEQUENT have deep experience building and managing teams, particularly in India, Russia, and several other Eastern European countries.
The question of having the right offshore partner is better phrased differently
I want to take advantage of geographically dispersed teams. Who is the right partner?
agileSEQUENT can help evaluate potential offshore partners, although we stop short recommending a specific company to maintain absolute neutrality. The more we know about your product plans, requirements, and architecture – the better equipped we will be to evaluate your offshore partners. Please review and take advantage of our Architecture Alignment and Architecture Development service offerings.
How agileSEQUENTcan help
The Offshore Partner Evaluation is conducted in several phases. The last phase is optional but highly effective, where agileSEQUENT consultants are temporarily embedded in the product development cycle to ensure success during the first critical stages of your project.
Overview of typical phases in Offshore Partner Evaluation engagement
Phase 1 – Determine Qualifications: working closely with every offshore partner candidate, we will review how each partner
- Manages requirements (from receipt to decomposing each requirement to underlying technical deliverables)
- Adopts your architecture & standards: how internal knowledge transfer process works to ensure that your architecture will be built to specifications
- Manages internal streams of work: creates work breakdown structure, assigns resources, manages milestone management, resolves and communicates issues
- Manages configuration management tasks: how build & release management works
- Quality assurance / testing: procedures, tools, communication process between Quality assurance and development teams
Phase 2 – Measure Organizational Strength: we will optionally travel to visit each offshore partner candidate and learn more about …
- Executive team: principals and executive stakeholders
- Management team: from team leaders to lead architects
- Development team: skill sets, problem solving skills
Phase 3 – Make Recommendations: we will provide you with an objective report which will …
- Evaluate each offshore partner
- Make formal recommendations
- Suggest very specific process and any other changes to ensure your success when you begin working with the selected offshore partner. For example, is the work aligned and distributed correctly to maximize effectiveness of each dispersed team?
Phase 4 – Embed agileSEQUENT Experts: we will optionally play any number of roles in the early stages of your project to minimize risks:
- Act as a product managers
- Act as architects
- Act as team leaders in selected teams: from development to quality assurance
Geographically dispersed teams can be very effective. agileSEQUENT can help you ensure success of your decision to introduce geographically dispersed teams in the product or application development cycle.
For more information
Please contact sales@agilesequent.com for more information about our Offshore Partner Evaluation consulting services.
