{"id":7672,"date":"2019-12-19T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intexsoft.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=7672"},"modified":"2022-07-19T12:11:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:11:37","slug":"pros-and-cons-of-it-outsourcing","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/blog\/pros-and-cons-of-it-outsourcing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros and Cons of IT Outsourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class=\"hero hero-blog \">\n\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/blog\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-blog-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-blog-date-author\"> December 19, 2019 \u2022 by \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDora\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title \">Pros and Cons of IT Outsourcing<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-blog-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-blog-category\" data-id=\"17\" data-parent=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPainless development\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-blog-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/uploads-webp\/2021\/08\/360\u0445510-Pros-and-Cons-of-IT-Outsourcing-min.jpg.webp\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/uploads-webp\/2021\/08\/768\u0445773-Pros-and-Cons-of-IT-Outsourcing-min.jpg.webp\" media=\"(max-width: 992px)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/uploads-webp\/2021\/08\/1920x437-Pros-and-Cons-of-IT-Outsourcing-min.jpg.webp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/360\u0445510-Pros-and-Cons-of-IT-Outsourcing-min.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/768\u0445773-Pros-and-Cons-of-IT-Outsourcing-min.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 992px)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1920x437-Pros-and-Cons-of-IT-Outsourcing-min.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><section id=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t class=\"custom-wysiwyg-editor wysiwyg-portfolio \">\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-wysiwyg-editor__anchors\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"item_title\" class=\"userItem\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In the race for the leading role in the market, entrepreneurs and business owners are constantly looking for new ways to achieve results, and at the same time, they want to get quick and profitable results. Outsourcing of services, which allows not only to save time and money but also to concentrate on things important for business, occupies an important place in this race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In this article, we will examine what IT outsourcing is, what advantages it has and what benefits it can bring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Briefly about IT outsourcing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Outsourcing in itself is the use of external resources. In international business practice, outsourcing is a set of actions aimed at transferring certain functions to an external company &#8211; an executor or a service provider.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">IT outsourcing or software outsourcing refers to engineering services. It includes the implementation of software development projects, their support, testing, and maintenance, carried out by a special team. For successful project management, a company providing this type of outsourcing must have:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">well-defined (working) approach<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">customer communication transparency<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">steady teams consisting of highly qualified IT specialists<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">long-term cooperation tendency<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">the ability to expand its project teams<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">readiness for quick start of projects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In general, IT outsourcing is a wide range of workloads that covers both small projects and long-term multi-year contracts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Benefits of IT outsourcing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cost savings<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The first and the most important advantage of IT outsourcing is the\u00a0reduction of time and money costs\u00a0for the development and implementation of software products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">A well-known businessman and lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, Joseph G. Hadzima,<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/e-club\/hadzima\/how-much-does-an-employee-cost.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">conducted a study<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\">to identify the average cost per employee per year. Based on this study, the costs per employee consist of several components: recruiting expenses, basic salary, employment taxes, additional costs for organizing a workplace, additional equipment, vacation \/ sick leave, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7677\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3021\" height=\"1918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing2.jpg 3021w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing2-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing2-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing2-1536x975.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing2-2048x1300.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3021px) 100vw, 3021px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">By hiring an external development team, or outsourcing the whole project, business owners save up to 80% of the product development costs compared to the costs of keeping an internal team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In addition, assembling a development team is a rather laborious and lengthy process. This factor is especially important when project development must be completed in a short time. In this case, outsourcing helps to save time and start according to a plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Great experience<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Entrepreneurs may face a situation where the development and implementation of a project require more experience and skills than the internal it-team has.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">As a rule, companies providing IT outsourcing services have a large staff of experienced and qualified employees. In this case, the work of such companies is aimed at forming the\u00a0development team that will help fulfill the task in accordance with all requirements. This outsourcing model is called outstaffing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Flexibility<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This paragraph follows from the previous one. Since the IT services provider has a large number of employees of various qualifications, outsourcing (or in this case outstaffing) gives an opportunity to\u00a0hire specific specialists\u00a0needed to deploy a specific project. This saves entrepreneurs from a number of unnecessary moves such as hiring specialists of certain specialization, their further training, and wages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Focused Strategy<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">An in-house development team often deals with more than one project at a time. This may affect the terms and the project outcome itself. Outsourcing a project, you get a\u00a0team of professionals fully focused on this project. Due to that fact, the work will be done efficiently and according to the delivered deadlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Advanced technologies<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Any self-respecting outsourcing company constantly improves the skills of its employees. Therefore, such companies are able to work with the\u00a0latest programming languages, development environments, and tools. This allows entrepreneurs to get a high-tech product as well as eliminates the need to spend tens of thousands of dollars on internal training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Worldwide access<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Finding, hiring and forming a team of professionals within the limits your location, is not always possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In this case, outsourcing opens up all the boundaries for you and significantly expands the range of choices. You can hire a team of specialists\u00a0anywhere in the world while saving your money. Indeed, outsourcing employees from Eastern Europe will be cheaper than hiring the same employees, for example, in America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Full package of services<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">It happens that a business owner comes up with a project idea, but does not know where to start and how to put it into practice. In such situations, the customer can contact the outsourcing company and request a full package of services, which includes\u00a0advisory services, <a href=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/business-analysis-services\/\">business analysis<\/a>, analysis of requirements and capabilities, as well as the further implementation of the full\u00a0Software Development Life Cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Risk Mitigation<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Choosing a company that has a\u00a0proven management system, as well as a high-quality and\u00a0time-proven application development process, you reduce the risk of getting a low-quality product in the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Possible Risks<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In general, outsourcing is always risky. Some of them are described below, as well as ways to avoid them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lack of control<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Outsourcing is the type of cooperation in which personal communication between the parties is minimized. As a result, business owners cannot fully and completely control the entire process. However, the degree of trust always depends on the provider. Before starting development, it is necessary\u00a0to discuss in advance how, when and where\u00a0the communication and monitoring of the intermediate results of the project will be carried out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Communication issues<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In order to avoid communication problems, it is worth paying attention to the following aspects:\u00a0English proficiency\u00a0and\u00a0time zone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">If the employees of the outsourcing company do not speak and\/or do not understand English well, the project will hardly be successful. Although most companies do not have any problems with English nowadays, you should pay attention to this aspect when choosing an outsourcing company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The location of the company is also important: if time zones differ by more than 3-4 hours, discussing current issues and project progress will be problematic for both the customer and the service provider.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Information leak<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">When outsourcing a project, you share ideas, innovations, and data with third-party suppliers. In addition, if you are not lucky to choose an unscrupulous company, its employees can \u201cborrow\u201d your ideas or use them at their discretion. To avoid such problems, you need\u00a0to choose the IT provider carefully and sign a non-disclosure agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How to Choose the Right Company?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">First, you need to determine the specific goal of the planned project, analyze your capabilities and resources. Therefore, you will understand what service you need and what company you need to look for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7678\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3021\" height=\"1917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing3.jpg 3021w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing3-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing3-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing3-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing3-1536x975.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/08\/it-outsourcing3-2048x1300.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3021px) 100vw, 3021px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The next and the most important step in outsourcing is the right choice of the company that you will cooperate with. In order to be sure that the company suits you, you should evaluate it according to several criteria:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">company size<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">services provided<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">portfolio<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">expertise<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">customer reviews<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">terms of development and its efficiency<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">English proficiency, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">All these criteria indicate the company&#8217;s experience and its level in the market of IT providers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Also, do not forget about the cross-cultural aspect: it does not matter if you are a small or large business that wants to hire a development team, Eastern Europe and places like Belarus or Ukraine may suit you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">For more information on how to choose the appropriate It-provider, you can follow the link<\/span>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/blog\/how-to-find-software-outsourcing-vendor\/\">How To Find The Right Software Outsourcing Vendor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In addition, here you can find detailed information on how to build a productive workflow with an outsourcing company:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/blog\/6-tips-to-build-a-great-partnership-with-an-it-outsourcing-company\/\">6 Tips To Build A Great Partnership With an IT Outsourcing Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In the era of continuous information technology development, software development outsourcing is a common practice in the business sphere. 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