European Software Development Outsourcing Challenges 2010 Revealed
Summary
Coventry, United Kingdom, November 27, 2010 --( According to the study findings, delayed product deliveries and missed project milestones are reported to be the most critical SD outsourcing challenges by most of the UK, German, Swiss, Swedish and Danish companies.The less critical challenges identified are: excessive vendor’s bureaucracy, insufficient data safety, change of management and inability to control and reduce vendor’s staff turnover.The least popular actions include: dedication of more IT resources for the improvement of client-vendor relationships, vendor management redesign and SD outsourcing termination and back-sourcing (bringing development back to house).Overall, 1,557 companies from the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway participated in the research and anonymously shared their software development outsourcing challenges with a global business community.According to the study findings, delayed product deliveries and missed project milestones are reported to be the most critical SD outsourcing challenges by most of the UK, German, Swiss, Swedish and Danish companies.The least popular actions include: dedication of more IT resources for the improvement of client-vendor relationships, vendor management redesign and SD outsourcing termination and back-sourcing (bringing development back to house).