I've worked on many projects both Onshore and Offshore over my 16 years in IT.
By far the biggest failures have been the Offshore ones. Mainly due to communication issues, as to 'what the client actually wanted' against 'what the supplier actually produced'. I have noticed a far worse culture of 'buying time' and 'spin' amongst these Offshore organisations.
The pick of the bunch was a very well known Health Insurance company.
There 'New Wonder System' was so screwed up the 'Cheaper' Offshore option, that they are still having to use manual calculation methods, 9 months after the fire fighting fun began. But of course they're still singing its praises to shareholders and customers. They have now spent millions more than the original budget and have lost countless custom. And remarkably, all new projects have now come back Onshore!
In your experience is this True, or am I talking complete bollocks?
By far the biggest failures have been the Offshore ones. Mainly due to communication issues, as to 'what the client actually wanted' against 'what the supplier actually produced'. I have noticed a far worse culture of 'buying time' and 'spin' amongst these Offshore organisations.
The pick of the bunch was a very well known Health Insurance company.
There 'New Wonder System' was so screwed up the 'Cheaper' Offshore option, that they are still having to use manual calculation methods, 9 months after the fire fighting fun began. But of course they're still singing its praises to shareholders and customers. They have now spent millions more than the original budget and have lost countless custom. And remarkably, all new projects have now come back Onshore!
In your experience is this True, or am I talking complete bollocks?
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