Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Offshore Product Development


Offshore product development requires a strong approach, imaginative approaches and thorough information on the market. Different product development companies and independent software vendors producers also start the smartest outsourced software development approach that free their precious resources, which in turn may be intended towards a more critical business activities in product innovation marketplace.



To maintain pace with competitors in product development, software development company is going to be well prepared in technology, software's and highly qualified professionals. It is not enough to be strong in the development of a software product application. Offshore product development in India is a contract / subcontract with an external service provider for purposes such as development of whole or partial software products or projects and the purchase of packaged or customized software products.



Offshore product development provides the following customer benefits: 




• Dedicated infrastructure: 




Hardware and software can be replicated and upgraded in synchronization with the client setup. Dedicated and isolated infrastructure can help protect the intellectual property of the customer.

 

• Scalable resources: 




Companies can draw on its many skilled resources depending on the requirements. This makes the product sells utilization of resources for only the time they are needed. The company may transfer technological knowledge from other projects and thereby reduce the risk of failure when introducing new technologies into the product. A company also set aside a couple of dedicated resources for the product to ensure long-term continuity.




• Well-defined processes: 




Delivering quality products goes a long way in reducing future costs. The product management and software development processes are aligned with ISO 9001 and SEI-CMM Level 5 requirements. The approach is to avoid mistakes rather than detect and rectify them. Tools and methods to manage configurations, releases, feature priority and defect tracking are established and tested in projects for many software product vendors.

 



• Offshore delivery model: 




Businesses can take advantage of time differences to reduce the elapsed development time again to bring products to market in shorter time scales. Companies have well-defined client communication and problem-solving mechanisms to ensure consistency of understanding of requirements, effective project management in multiple locations, and better coordination with the customer.



Shawn Frank is the author of this article. He has been writing articles on Offshore Product Development since the last three years. He is also involved in providing regular updates to its consumer software product development.

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