Managing Outsourced Projects: Measurement Counts

by Michael C. Mah

In our most recent survey on outsourcing (see "Outsourcing Insights Redux: Part I -- Truths and Perceptions"), we asked respondents how they evaluate supplier project estimates on applications development and maintenance projects. Compared to our previous study in 2004, the number of organizations moving away from manual methods or semimanual methods (i.e., linear math, bottom-up spreadsheets) and using more advanced (i.e., parametric) estimating tools and methods increased from 12% to 16%. Both are quite paltry numbers.

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Managing Outsourced Projects: Measurement CountsWed Nov 07 08:17:02 CDT 2007