Finding Salvation in Outsourced Software Development
The owners of small- to medium-sized operations all find themselves toying with the idea of employing custom software. 
When custom software is the order, the solution that is most often turned to is developers that are composed of a team of offshore freelancers. This sort of freelance solution can help you save a significant amount of money.
The problem with choosing offshore freelance development is that it has a terrible reputation. Many owners before you have had poor experiences with their outsourced team. The issues often lie within a language barrier, missed deadlines, time zone difference, and poorly matched skills to the task at hand. The cost overruns and excessive headaches have left the owners that hare pursued this option feeling somewhat burned by the overall experience.
Even for those that have felt the brunt of a terrible outsourcing experience, they should move forward with an education rather than a chip on their shoulder. The first attempt at offshore outsourcing can be an experience that many do not manage well. There are ways that you can turn your next outsourced project into a well conducted project. When you reach out for your next global contracting team, hire a professional project coordinator rather than your own individual programmer.
If you were to hire a professional that was to act as your expeditor, and allow them to for the team and conduct the labor to ensure that you receive the end-product that you ordered, there are far fewer hassles for you. Consider them to be similar to a contracted project manager that you would bring into your office. They do not just perform the work, they find the professionals that do this type of work, and put them on a schedule with assignments properly divided to meet the team members’ skill sets. This manager will police the time line and maintain the standards that you are seeking to maintain based on your original goals and your continuous input.
Unless you are ready to hire an expansive IT department, you will want to hire a professional that has experience in conducting the type of project that you need completed. The fact of offshore outsourcing is that if you try to find your own professionals, you are dealing with the labor. You would not fire an office manager and have your receptionist make all of the pertinent decisions required for your daily operations, so why would you fire your project managers before you ever hired them to try to manage a project that you have no experience with? The fact is that you wouldn’t. The next time that you need to call on offshore outsourcing to save a fortune on contracted program development, be sure to hire someone that knows how to conduct the project at hand to ensure a positive outcome.
