Selecting Offshore Software Web Development Outsourcing Company-Tips

In recent years, outsourcing of software web development has become one of the biggest trends in IT industry. It has been seen that there has been continuous value addition in outsourcing business models adopted by various IT companies across the globe.

Offshore software web development refers to an outsourcing process where companies from different industry and verticals relocate, transfer or outsource their software and web development related work to other company that may be located in the same country or other country.  There are different kinds of services for which an offshore software web development company can be hired to complete the project. The major services these offshore IT companies offer include; software development, web application development, website design & development, ERP application, CRM application, E-commerce solutions and many others according to business requirements.

In today’s competitive world, for any business or company it is very much required to have robust software applications in order to make in-house operations smooth and effective.  At the same time customer centric web applications such as websites / portals have become necessity to showcase and promote their product and services across the globe.  Companies across the different levels including large, medium and small scale are availing benefits by outsourcing software web development to other firms.

For any business or company it is very much required to understand and evaluate the various aspects before hiring any offshore web development firms.  Here are few steps that can be taken into consideration before hiring offshore software web development company.

As a first step companies need to set the goal or objective of software or web application.  It is advisable to ask departmental heads and other members of management for providing their inputs regarding the functionalities of the product. Specific needs and requirement should be addressed. In many cases, taking suggestions from employees who do the practical use of software or application can be very helpful in order to understand the exact requirement. During the vendor selection & quotation process, an in-depth research of offshore vendors is required to understand their expertise in a particular domain or field. It is recommended to outsource those vendors that have experience in company’s core sector. However, companies should also be open for relatively new vendors as well, since these small & medium scale vendors also provide prominent services with less cost involved.

Companies should always try to get more information regarding vendors from references. Engagement Model, resource allocation and rates quoted by vendors should be analyzed carefully and should clearly classified into “fixed prices”, time & material”, “per hour”, “per day”, “per week”, “per month” etc. It is advisable to ask vendor to provide cost for each milestone for better understanding of project cost incurred. After selection of vendor, company must sign the service level agreements that include project cost details, resource details, engagement model, delivery methodology, billing & payment terms, delivery period with milestones and other terms & conditions. During the execution phase the most critical aspect is the communication. Companies should always consider effective communication channels while selection of vendors. It is recommended that companies should have a dedicated person who can communicate with vendor on-behalf of the company on frequent basis. When the project is set to launch companies should ask vendor to provide full demo of product, beta testing and post-launch support.

Keeping above points into consideration, companies can easily outsource their software and web development projects to an offshore software web development company and get the best benefits and services.