One of the keys to developing software applications with offshore teams is the synchronization of expectations.
Expectations can range from communication, requirements, delivery, timeliness and can go endless to finer details of responsiveness, cultural fit and others. Mismatch in expectations in any form can lead to communication gaps, disinterested teams and a less engaged customer. As project teams become more geographically distributed, communication becomes more difficult, and this problem is exacerbated.
By eliminating the gaps between work processes performed in IT silos, teams can rapidly deliver applications in response to shifting business requirements and expectations.
This whitepaper captures 12 most frequently confronted pain points while dealing with offshore teams and Enterprise-level and project-level best suited suggestions in defining and managing geographically distributed teams to help projects meet intended business metrics. Lessons learnt have been extracted from the 1000+ projects we have executed here at Mindfire.