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Table of Contents Roles and responsibilities Technical expertise and evaluation Rules and scenarios → specifications and algorithms Project schedule and budget management Delivering the results www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects

Roles and responsibilities Properly defined and distributed responsibilities are an important aspect in risk management of any software outsourcing project. The project should be controlled at all stages, and this includes: www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects distributing roles and responsibilities between

Technical expertise and evaluation Technical expertise and evaluation in software projects management helps to mitigate risks on the stages of software project: www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects Absence of the technical expertise leads to:

www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects Transferring business rules and scenarios technical specifications and algorithms to

Rules & scenarios → specifications & algorithms www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects This means the following steps should be undertaken: describing business scenarios with a good amount of details explaining specific functionality selecting the right technology flexible enough to address the business model of the application

Rules & scenarios → specifications & algorithms www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects This means the following steps should be undertaken (continued): verifying the software product architecture on the real-life cases helping testing team to properly define and approach the test strategy defining requirements to the software performance, load conducting knowledge-transfer sessions with stakeholders, the project team

Project schedule and budget management www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects

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www.softheme.com Outsourcing to Softheme™ Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects Delivering the results Training and presentations help to link requirements with the application functionality Bug fixing: defining problems in the system correcting problems to make sure the application corresponds to the business model Installing at the end-user side: addressing questions helping to understand the way application works Maintenance, improvement: incorporating small changes which make the end-users' life easier

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