Last week, a client of mine who is a senior VP of software development told me, "My CFO declared that fully one-third of our work should be in India within the next two years." For me, it wasn't that the directive was about outsourcing to India that was shocking. What caught my attention was that the mandate was coming from the head of finance, the CFO. The top bean counter was the one directing this decision, not the head of engineering.
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Is the World Not Flat?
By Michael Mah
Posted August 31, 2006 | Leadership | Leadership | Leadership |
About The Author
Michael Mah is Managing Partner of QSM Associates, Inc., a firm specializing in software measurement, project estimation, and "in-flight" control for both inhouse and outsourced/offshore development. QSM has developed and maintains one of the largest databases of more than 7,500 completed projects collected worldwide, with productivity statistics and trends on cost, schedule, and quality from more than 500 organizations and 18 countries.
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