Anyone has experience with a solid RoR offshore developer? Isaak
On Aug 12, 1:11 pm, "Peter Lewis" <[email protected]> wrote: > There are of course many very good onshore design & development teams also: > Hydrix (:)), Grey, Procept, LX, Tiller, Planet, BCS, Invetech, Sage, > Genesys, etc > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JT > Sent: Thursday, 12 August 2010 12:57 PM > To: Silicon Beach Australia > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Outsourced / Off-shored Development > > Hi All, > > In response to the recent posts about hiring developers, I'd just like > to report on my experiences of working with outsourced development. > > We have been working with in-house and contract developers here in > Sydney for 7 years (since starting the business in 2002), but when we > were looking at building a new web-based product in 2009, we found > that we could not find the skills we need within our budget (familiar > story!) - so we started looking at the outsourced (off-shore) > development path. > > We wrote a short (3-4pages) product summary, and started emailing and > looking at firms ... and we had a huge range of responses. > Ultimately, I think you get what you pay for, and you need to be clear > as to what you want. > > We had a lot of offers of developers ... (hire two - here's their > Skype ID and go to it) - this is the cheapest way, but you need to be > able to do the project management day to day. If that's what you > want, posting on e-lance or Guru or the other job boards will give you > that. > We had a couple of offers of developers + project management ... but > with no clear methodology (they basically wanted us to tell them what > to do at each and every stage) > We had one company that asked intelligent questions, had a team > approach, and could manage the whole R&D process with the various > required resources: Architect, DBA, UI expert, Engineers, QA ... with > them coming in and out of the project as we needed. This, as I said, > was not the cheapest, but it was the best fit for the resources we had > here. The firm is Global Logic (www.globallogic.com), and we are > working with their Noida (New Delhi suburb) office. The team there is > exceptional - the guys are all very experienced and have worked with > the leaders in the industry (Microsoft, Orcale, SAP, etc AS WELL as > having a well defined engagement model for new products and start- > ups !) > > Getting the most out of your off-shore team may require a shift in > your management and thinking. I went to Noida for 10 days to kick > start the project, align methods, and build the relationship. We are > following a very "lean" or "true" agile methodology, so we get working > code to test every three weeks. And lastly, the guys have a great on- > line project management tool so you can track activities daily if you > like - not that we micro-manage, but it gives the project great > transparency. > > I'm happy to consult (for free - up to a point) with anyone in SB who > is seriously interested in outsourcing and looking to work with GL - I > can assist you to get organised, understand the costs / benefits and > how to get the most from your off-shoring efforts. > > Feel free to shoot me an email or call on0417 254 360. > > Jon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion:http://tr.im/ujKF > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself:http://tr.im/ujMm > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG -www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database:271.1.1/3065- Release Date: 08/12/10 > 04:34:00 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
