Offshore Development Center (ODC): Working Together
In surveys and studies done by a number of major U.S.-based analyst groups on commonly perceived concerns about offshore outsourcing, typical concerns fall under the following five areas:
- Cost savings not achieved
- Communication challenges
- Organizational resistance
- Inflexible vendor services
- Trust
Achievo's Offshore Development Center (ODC ) delivery model addresses each of these concerns to ensure a successful partnership as defined across key metrics including:
- Profitability
- On-time delivery
- Domain knowledge and expertise
- Quality
- Ease of communication
- Documentation
- IP protection and security
- Efficient resource utilization
- Project management
- Front + back end model
- Backend model
- The Achievo ODC team acts as an offshore extension of the client's in-house development and QA/Testing team
- Local front-end, offshore China back-end: typical ratios are up to 20% onshore, and from 80% to 95% offshore with best-shore division of roles and tasks. Onshore may include onsite client engagement managers. This greatly facilitates an Agile development approach typical in fast-paced software companies today, while minimizing communication challenges.
- Resource Flexibility – Core Team + Shadow Team: This approach allows our clients to retain and grow domain knowledge within our stable offshore team with a variable cost based on resource demand changes within a team size range.
- Project-level accountability: Each assignment will be initiated with a Statement of Work document defining clear goals and deliverables from our offshore teams.
- Full Achievo-wide organizational support of the ODC team leverages our experienced experts and Project Management Office (PMO).
To discuss how ODC services can potentially meet your needs; contact us at ODC@achievo.com.
