Tasks you fear to outsource but should try
May 01
Posted: under Outsourcing, Software outsourcing.
Tags: e-discovery, environmental activities, Outsourcing, project management, regulatory compliance
In a sliding market, outsourcing looks increasingly attractive. In this era of drastic cost cutting and budget squeezing, many IT managers facing diminished budgets and frozen in-house resources are exploring ways of sending even more work off site to save money, or at least take capital costs of their immediate plate.
But with traditional outsourcing opportunities all but played out, many enterprises are asking, “Is there anything left to outsource?”
Four critical IT tasks – project management, e-discovery, regulatory compliance, and environmental activities are all ripe for outsourcing. But today, they are generally not outsourced because managers don’t think they can send the work off site due to cost, security, and other concerns. It’s time to rethink the anxieties in these four areas.
Project management involves organizing and balancing three basic elements: people, time, and money. Many IT shops would like to unload the nuts and bolts of IT project management onto an outside provider, but worry that the task is simply too big, too complex, and perhaps even too important to outsource. Managers also fret about losing the precise control and oversight successful project management requires, as well as the ability to turn on a dime if circumstances demand a sudden change in tactics… Read more
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