The Open Software Engineering Journal

2009, 3 : 35-38
Published online 2009 June 12. DOI: 10.2174/1874107X01003010035
Publisher ID: TOSEJ-3-35

The Paradoxical Relationships of Risks and Benefits in Offshore Outsourcing of Software Projects

Sakgasit Ramingwong and Lachana Ramingwong
Department of Computer Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

ABSTRACT

Offshore outsourcing of software projects is an important competitive strategy in modern software business. There has been a long discussion of risks and benefits of this approach. Interestingly, while some issues are perceived as a significant benefit by a group of researchers, they are conversely perceived as a critical risk by others. This paper discusses the two sides of these risk-benefit elements as well as their management strategies.

Keywords:

Software engineering, outsourcing , offshore outsourcing , risk management .