Chapter 3Select the Right Sourcing Model

For many years IT outsourcing meant transferring a large project, an IT function, or the services of the entire IT organization to a large vendor in India. That’s not necessarily the case anymore. Over the last decade, outsourcing has changed in many dimensions, from the type of projects outsourced to the size, scale, and geographic location of the work. So while large-scale/single-vendor engagements still dominate outsourcing activities, new sourcing strategies such as multisourcing, microsourcing, and crowd-sourcing are more common. Let’s investigate these.

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