Ability to Scale
Many organizations face the challenge of adding personnel for increased work loads and ramping down when demand reduces. Outsourcing seems to be the perfect solution for this problem. Still, some issues are inevitable:
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Finding qualified people—even in countries that produce a huge number of IT graduates—isn’t easy. Every vendor faces strong competition and is limited by factors such as commute proximity to the vendor’s office.
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For vendors in countries with small populations, ramping teams up is a big challenge. A lead time of two to three months to bring on a mid-level developer is common.
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Many countries legally require employees to remain at the job for a certain amount of time after they’ve submitted their resignations. ...
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