PROCESS MODELS AND DISTRIBUTION OF WORK IN OFFSHORING APPLICATION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Karl E. Kurbel · Issues in Information Systems · 2009
Common process models for the development of application software (AS) are examined regarding their suitability for offshoring projects.Such projects require communication and interaction among onsite and offshore project stakeholders to be well supported.Process models applied by organizations using offshore services are discussed, and a generalized offshoring life cycle model is presented.We also discuss the distribution of work between the organization that outsources AS development and the offshore organization that carries out the major share of the development work.Software development tasks performed onsite and offshore are identified.