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by enry_straker 4631 days ago
How many organizations that outsource

a) Send senior management to personally oversee the outsourced work in india ( at least initially )?

b) Send detailed SRS (Software Requirement Specification) to the outsourced team?

c) Personally interview and hire the programmers who will be working on their projects?

d) Personally perform a skills audit and then try to correct any deficiencies noticed through training for the programmers?

e) perform a thorough software estimation exercise based on the previous work history of the group they plan to work with?

The reason i raise the following questions is that i notice a tendency among many to stereotype the indian programmer for various reasons, but the reason for most software failures is probably a combination of bad management, poor tracking, bad estimation practises, lack of domain expertise among programmers, and the need to save a quick buck by the folks at cxo levels.

Just my two cents