Outsourcing

Outsourcing

Contents.

    1     Abstract
    2     Introduction
    3     Fundamentals
    4     The Main Strategy
    5     Successful Outsourcing
    6     Conclusion

Outsourcing and how it can help IT Managers enhance their projects.

Abstract

With computer systems / projects and there implementations getting more complex
with every day that passes , the tendering of IT responsibilities to external
parties is becoming more and more attractive to the IT Managers of large
organisations. The common name for this type of operation is "Outsourcing". It
is the attempt of this paper to explain outsourcing , it's pro's and con's and
how it can help our friendly IT Manager enhance developments or implementations.

Introduction

Outsourcing can be defined as a contract service agreement in which an
organisation hires out   all or part of its IT responsibilities to an external
company.

More and more companies are leaning towards outsourcing it could be said that
this may be caused by the growing complexity of IT and the changing business
needs of an organisation. As a result, an organisation may find that it is not
possible to have all its IT services supplied from within its own company. Given
this, an IT manager may decide to choose to seek assistance from an external
contractor/company to supply their services the organisation lacks. In addition,
the business competition has set the pace for an organisation to continue to
strive for internal efficiency. It also needs to look for a way to transfer non-
core activities or "in house" services and support activities to external
specialist organisations who can deliver quality services at a lower cost.

Fundamentals

In deciding whether to use outsourcing or not, the main objective of outsourcing
is based on the price of delivery of services by an external contractor/company.
Although price of delivery is a primary factor for outsourcing, other issues
should be considered e.g. price should be measured against the overall... [continues]

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