IDG Contributor Network: 15 risk areas for software development outsourcing

Outsourcing is a well-established strategy that many IT departments use to accomplish business objectives. Over the years, we’ve seen companies, regardless of industry size, struggle to outsource software development successfully. Many times, the root cause issues were not systemic to the process of outsourcing or caused by the outsourcing partner, but rather because of internal factors at the company that ultimately prevented success.As we analyzed company experiences, we’ve seen r