A recent ZDNET UK article claims that the current economic crisis will lead companies “to simplify their outsourcing and offshoring agreements to generate faster returns on investment and reduce risk.”
The article also predicts an increase in the general number of outsourcing contracts and an imrovement, quality- and focus-wise, of the goal-setting processes.
Among other, predictions include:
1) [...]
Nov
Outsourcing goes simple
Nov
Outsourcing goes einfaldur
A recent Nýleg ZDNET UK article Gamalt UK grein claims that the current economic crisis will lead companies “to simplify their outsourcing and offshoring agreements to generate faster returns on investment and reduce risk.” krafa að núverandi efnahagsmálum mun leiða félaga "til að einfalda þeirra outsourcing og offshoring samningum til að búa [...]
Nov
Compliance With Coding Standards in IT Outsourcing
Everybody knows how important it is to name procedures and variables correctly; how beneficial object-oriented programming is; how difficult it is to understand the code of a workmate, if it does not contain any comments (Source Code Comments). However, programmers often “forget” about the obvious rules of coding, in order to reach short-term goals. The [...]
Nov
Samræmi við Coding Standards í ÞAÐ Outsourcing
Everybody knows how important it is to name procedures and variables correctly; how beneficial object-oriented programming is; how difficult it is to understand the code of a workmate, if it does not contain any comments (Source Code Comments). Allir vita hversu mikilvægt það er að nefna verklagsreglur og breytum rétt, hvernig gagnlegur hlutbundin forritun [...]
Nov
Why You Need Work Efficiency Measurement
There’s a well-known expression that characterizes performance measurement:
Those tasks are executed, which are measured. You cannot manage the process if you do not measure it.
In order to improve overall performance, you first need to establish the current level of efficiency. At the same time employees should clearly understand the criteria by which they are [...]
Nov
Why You Need Work Efficiency Mælingar
There's a well-known expression that characterizes performance measurement: Það er vel þekkt í ljós sem einkennir árangur mæling: Those tasks are executed, which are measured. Þessi verkefni séu framkvæmd, sem er mældur. You cannot manage the process if you do not measure it. Þú getur ekki stjórnað ferli ef þú mælir það.
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Nov
Outsourcing Tips
After you’ve selected your outsourcing team and signed the deal comes the phase when you need to reevaluate and readapt your management strategies – Change Management. At that time it might come to reorganizing departments, changing the communication and governance strategies.
So, here’s some offshoring best practices you could keep in mind:
1. Having a developed change-management [...]
Nov
Outsourcing Tips
After you've selected your outsourcing team and signed the deal comes the phase when you need to reevaluate and readapt your management strategies – Change Management. Eftir að þú hefur valið outsourcing lið þitt og undirritað samningur kemur stig þegar þú þarft að reevaluate og readapt stjórnun áætlanir þínar – Change Management. At that [...]

