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On our previous posts we have talked about lack of effective communication as one of the major pitfalls that exist whenever a company is looking for a nearshore or offshore IT Services partner. So what should that company do about this? Here are some simple pointers that should be considered when looking into IT outsourcing:  […]

Quite openly, we cannot be a completely neutral party in this post. Full disclosure requires us to state up front that we are an offshore IT services vendor. And we “drink our own Koolaid”: we think we do very well what we work so hard to do every day, which is to deliver IT services […]

This is part 2 of “Why outsourcing software makes sense”. In part 1, we talked about the different examples and reasons why it is worthwhile to outsource your software development services, from a business standpoint. If you agree with the keypoints showcased before, and your company is not in the business of making software, then […]

Designing and constructing software is a highly complex undertaking, with many pitfalls and potentially much money wasted if not done right. Contrary to many other human endeavors, resolving the problem of making good software is not as easy as hiring a team of people that individually know how to make software, and putting them together […]

First of all, why use it? Is it that my software development service provider doesn’t believe in himself? Maybe; if your software provider is a tiny one with very little experience, they’re probably just trying to put all the risk on your side, because they know they’re going to have a hard time building your […]

This is the second part of the Top 10 advantages of IT Outsourcing to Latin America. If you haven’t read the first part, you can do it here. 6. IT Outsourcing to Latin America, Tip # 6: Superior strength in the Agile world. More than any other region outside of the United States, Latin American […]

1. IT Outsourcing to Latin America, Tip # 1: Rates are likely to be different than Asia. But not so much. Prices for IT Outsourcing in Latin America are, on average, higher than those in India or China. However, they are still very competitive –and to many projects, a significantly better value than Asia—due to […]

At first glance, it may just seem like some companies are doing marketing gimmicks to differentiate themselves from the competition. Let’s leave marketing aside and focus on actual software development here. Is there really a difference in executing a project with a time zone difference? Let’s take a look. Let’s start from the beginning: requirements. […]

The excitement and momentum from the fall 2014 announcement of Perficient’s new domestic delivery center (DDC) in Lafayette, LA, carried right into the start of operations there this year. Perficient announced the establishment of the center during a news conference in September, and the doors officially opened in November. Colleagues began working in the space […]

In December 2014, colleagues in Perficient’s China office took great pride in accepting a Best Employer Award from Zhaopin.com at the annual Sanya Forum. In the video above, Chinese television station CZTV interviewed Iris Luo, a senior talent acquisition specialist at Perficient, about the benefits of working at Perficient China. The China Best Employer Awards are […]

December 6th, as the sponsorship role, Perficient China GDC held the Agile Tour 2014 HangZhou Stop successfully. 106 Agile fans gathered in 6F of ShuiYou Building from 8:30 AM to 17:00 PM and enjoyed an one day Agile Tour.

“The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.” – One of the agile principles. Whenever I see an offshore delivery project where the architect is super busy on implementing/coding a particular feature and has little time to communicate with the development team, most likely the project is running into trouble… So, what should […]