Many people jump into outsourcing without knowing what to do.That's one reason over 50% of outsourcing projects fail to meet their cost savings objectives.
How about you? Are you ready for outsourcing? To help you decide, Accelerance created the outsourcing readiness test below. It’s free.It has twenty multiple choice questions covering four key areas of outsourcing know-how.
It takes only a few minutes to complete and your score may surprise you.When you provide your name and email address you will receive a complete analysis of your test results showing the outsourcing risks you face. The analysis will also help you discover the areas of outsourcing knowledge you should improve before you outsource your software development.
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Readiness Test
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YOUR TEST RESULTS WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU
| Full Name |
Your Outsourcing Experience |
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1 |
Have you outsourced software development before? |
No |
Know Someone Else That Has |
Once |
Several Times |
Expert |
2
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Was your past outsourcing successful (leave
blank if never outsourced before)? |
Disaster |
Poor |
OK |
Pretty Good |
Fantastic |
3 |
How do you plan to select an outsourcing team? |
Not Sure |
A Friend |
Trusted Referral |
Careful Evaluation |
Previous Vendor |
4 |
How experienced is your
outsourcing manager? |
Limited |
Junior US Software Manager |
Senior US Software Manager |
Some Outsourcing Experience |
Extensive Outsourcing Experience |
5 |
How comfortable are you
working with engineers from another culture? |
Concerned About It |
Not Sure |
OK with It |
Worked with Foreign Engineers in US |
Already Outsourcing |
Your Technology |
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1 |
Do you have use cases for your software? |
Not Needed |
What's a Use Case? |
Some |
Most |
All |
2 |
What is your software development methodology? |
Not Needed |
Not Sure |
Waterfall |
Rational |
Agile |
3 |
How will you manage your source code? |
Don't Know |
Copying Files |
Source Code Control System |
Source Code Hosted in US |
Well Defined Process & Control |
4 |
Do you know what technology your software needs (Java,
.NET, etc.)? |
Not Sure |
Outsource Team Will Specify |
Outsource Team WIll Confirm |
Pretty Sure |
Completely Specified |
5 |
Are you outsourcing to gain technical expertise not
available on your current engineering team? |
Not Sure |
Yes |
Some |
Yes, But Well Known |
No |
Your Business Situation
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1 |
What contract terms do
you require? |
Don't Know |
Will Rely on Vendor |
Will Use An Attorney |
Have An Old Contract |
Have Model Agreements |
2 |
How much are you concerned about the protection
of your intellectual property (IP)? |
Concerned & Not Sure What To Do |
Some Concern |
Can Keep IP Safe |
Can Separate Critical IP |
Not An Issue for Your Software |
3 |
What is your understanding of the costs of
your outsourcing? |
Don't Know |
Need a Quote |
Have Cost Estimate |
Have an Estimated Budget |
Have a Realistic Budget |
4 |
Does your organization fully support
outsourcing? |
Don't know |
Some Resistance |
Have Executive Buy-In |
Most Support It |
Support at All Levels |
5 |
Do you have a plan for
multiple releases of your software? |
Not Yet |
1 Release After 4+ Months |
Outsource Team Will Plan |
Releases Expected, Not Yet Planned |
Release Plan Complete |
Your Management Approach |
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1 |
Will your existing engineering
team and the outsourced engineers work on the same code? |
Not Sure |
Yes |
Small Changes |
Small Changes & Bug Fixes |
No |
2 |
Does your outsourced software development project need a larger team of engineers than you have used before? |
Much larger |
Larger |
Same Size |
Smaller |
Much Smaller |
3 |
How will you measure the quality of your
outsourced software? |
Don't Know |
Manually Tested |
Test Plans & QA Team Defined |
Outsourcing QA |
Automated Test Process |
4 |
Do you need to re-purpose your existing engineering
team? |
Entirely |
Half |
A Few |
No |
Hiring More |
5 |
What metrics will you use for your outsourcing? |
Not Sure |
Don't Need Metrics |
Schedule Milestones |
Schedule & Quality Goals |
Productivity, Throughput, Return Rate |
