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Project managers are responsible for the overall success of a project. However, this is not an easy task; it's almost impossible. But don't worry, this presentation will help you manage your outsourced team so that you don't have to worry about losing money on your project. This presentation will help you to understand: – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: How To Achieve Project Success With Your Outsourced Team?


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How To Achieve Project Success With Your
Outsourced Team
  • Vishvajit Sande
  • Mindbowser Webinar Series

www.mindbowser.com
2
About the Speaker
  • Vishvajit Sande
  • Head of Delivery at Mindbowser
  • 10 years of experience in the tech industry
  • Helped 20 startups build their first version/MVP
  • 5 years of experience in running Google Design
    Sprints

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First 5 to post win a free copy of the book!
  • Step 1Make a LinkedIn post about your learning
    from this webinar.
  • Step 2Tag Vishvajit Sande MindBowser Inc in
    the post

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What will we cover today?
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Where are we?
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Facts and numbers
  • Market Value

Global Outsourcing Market was 92.5 B in 2019
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Facts and numbers
  • Major Motivation

59 outsource to cut costs
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Facts and numbers
  • Major Motivation

47 outsource to solve capacity issues
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Where are we?
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Why do outsourced projects fail?
  • Case Studies
  • IBM and Queensland Disaster
  • State of Indiana and IBM
  • Accenture and Hertz

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Why do outsourced projects fail?
  • Major reasons
  • No direct involvement with the development team
  • Communication gaps
  • Low quality work
  • Conflicting interests

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Where are we?
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Outsourcing Strategy
  • Layout the objectives
  • Communicating the objectives
  • Use the objectives as a base to set the agreement
  • Choose the right staff augmentation model
  • Stick to the goal

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Outsourcing Strategy
  • Assessing the risks
  • Influence on development strategy
  • Unanticipated expenditure
  • Language barriers
  • Time zone factors

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Outsourcing Strategy
  • Define scope/skills
  • Clearly define the scope of your project (Fixed
    scope)
  • Define the skills you are looking for (TM)
  • Leave no room for assumptions

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Outsourcing Strategy
  • Define financial terms
  • Set out a development budget and payment terms
  • Define the payment schedule
  • Set process around approval of cost overages

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Outsourcing Strategy
  • Appoint a SPOC
  • Smoother communication
  • Faster exchange of information
  • Project management

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Where are we?
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Choosing Right Outsourcing Partner
  • Look for expertise
  • Technical expertise
  • Similar projects
  • Experience in solving complex problems
  • Passion for your project

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Choosing Right Outsourcing Partner
  • Ask for references
  • Ask for references of 2-3 clients
  • Verify if their experiences are in line with your
    expectations

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Choosing Right Outsourcing Partner
  • Communication skills and proactiveness
  • Evaluate the skills of the PM team
  • Check proactiveness throughout the process

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Choosing Right Outsourcing Partner
  • Pick who understands importance of planning
  • Check for the teams who emphasize planning
  • Understand the process and see the time
    allocation for planning

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Where are we?
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Working with outsourced team
  • Set onboarding process for new members
  • Share your vision and product roadmap (example)
  • Product walkthrough
  • Vision meeting call recordings
  • Introduce to the entire team over video calls

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Working with outsourced team
  • Consider the team as your OWN
  • A passionate team member will help you achieve
    the difficult goal
  • Build ownership in your team

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Working with outsourced team
  • Know your team
  • Monthly or quarterly 1-on-1
  • Understand professional goals and align them with
    work

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Working with outsourced team
  • Feedback
  • Personal feedback over call
  • Anonymous feedback through forms
  • Set monthly calls with the management to discuss
    team feedback

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Working with outsourced team
  • Set expectations from both ends
  • Define a process document (example 1) (example 2)
  • Define clear roles and responsibilities
  • Define escalation matrix (example)

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Where are we?
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Monitoring Team Progress
  • Retrospective meetings
  • Create an environment of constructive criticism
  • Be open to see challenges and improve

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Monitoring Team Progress
  • Set measurable metrics
  • Dont micro-manage
  • Create metrics around - Task completeness
    (example)- Quality of delivery (example)

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Where are we?
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First 5 to post win a free copy of the book!
  • Step 1Make a LinkedIn post about your learning
    from this webinar.
  • Step 2Tag Vishvajit Sande MindBowser Inc in
    the post

34
Where are we?
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QA
  • Scan to connect on Linkedin

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Thank You
  • Stay in touch
  • Email vish.s_at_mindbowser.com
  • Phone 1 408 786 5974
  • Whatsapp 91 814 962 4368
  • Website www.mindbowser.com

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