The increase in outsourcing and offshoring of work that was complex has resulted in initiation attempts that need coordination across legal, geographic and ethnic borders. If this coordination is mishandled, businesses can find themselves needing to make multimillion - or even billion-dollar changes. The writers demonstrate how issues often appear with the odds of trouble growing with the complexity of the work being done - along the borders between tasks and organizations.
Then they provide guidance on how to define boundaries. Particularly: What activities to join/ separate; what should be in-sourced or outsourced; and what to onshore or offshore. Once boundaries have been created, the writers describe how they can be crossed by rules, technology and people. Nevertheless, the intricacy of the task makes path corrections likely. Managers must anticipate and accommodate their procedures as a way to lessen risk and, ultimately, price.
Putting It Together How to Succeed in Distributed Product Development Case Study Solution
PUBLICATION DATE: January 01, 2011 PRODUCT #: SMR375-HCB-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS
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