Posts Tagged ‘nearshore delivery’

This is Part 5 of the series of articles “Why go Agile?” The philosophy of Agile Software Development sounds very nice in theory, but how does it stack up in practice? At Perficient Latin America, as nearshore/offshore software development vendors, we have deployed dozens of agile SCRUM projects large and small, and have seen for […]

This is Part 4 of the series of articles “Why go Agile?” Yes, there certainly is a better way to do software development. And at Perficient Latin America we believe it is Agile, specifically under SCRUM. More than a development methodology, Agile answers to a philosophy and a perspective on what software development really is. […]

This is Part 3 of the series of articles “Why go Agile?” In essence, RUP and the waterfall approach, even when done under judicious process discipline, still attempted to be predictive software development methodologies. That is to say, they wanted to predict in advance, before beginning the project, matters such as: what the cost of […]

This is Part 2 of the series of articles “Why go Agile?” Well into the 1980s the largest buyer of software development services in the world, the US Department of Defense, was having trouble getting projects done on time, on budget and with the right specifications. Despite working with some of the best and most […]

This is Part 1 of the series of articles “Why go Agile?” This new series of posts tries to explore a question that clients often ask us… Why develop their software using Agile methodologies? Many clients, even many software development practitioners, have heard about SCRUM or XP. But, as with many trends, it is difficult […]

This is the final part of our Offshore IT outsourcing vs. nearshore IT Outsourcing series. You can start with part 1. To undergo an effective Agile software development process, it is important that the developer and the client constantly interact, in real time. Interaction does not imply a face to face presence; it can occur […]

This is the second part of our Offshore IT outsourcing vs. nearshore IT Outsourcing series. You can start with part 1. In the past, because software development requirements tended to be heavily specified (i.e. written down), it was easier for developers in distant time-zones to know what exactly they needed to do next, despite having […]

IT services offshoring, whether it be to a distant continent in a completely different time-zone, or a nearby nation that goes to bed when you do, ultimately seeks gains in efficiency and costs. Think about it. If you could achieve developer rates as competitive as those of Asia by outsourcing your IT services in your […]

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 […]