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Global Outsourcing with Visual Studio 2005
In this era of globalization, outsourcing has emerged as a key strategy not only for achieving competitive advantage but also for survival. However, despite widespread adoption, there are few practical guidelines in the market regarding how to optimally manage outsourced projects. Global Outsourcing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System teaches
managers, developers, and SQA professionals how to successfully execute outsourced projects. Providing best practices guidelines based upon empirical experience of leading practitioners in the outsourcing industry, the book shows how to construct result-oriented development processes for mitigating execution risk, improving quality, and increasing efficiency. Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System as the underlying infrastructure, the book teaches how to customize development methodologies, integrate with MS Project and MS Outlook, embed real-time communication capabilities, manage source code and build process, run unit tests, create custom reports, and leverage the project portal. Global Outsourcing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System is an essential IT reference for companies interested in effectively managing outsourced projects and reducing friction associated with globally distributed software development.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Overview, Business Model, Value Proposition, Global Delivery Model, Engagement Life Cycle; Chapter 2: Requirements Gathering, Specification Development,Use Cases,Architecture,Acceptance Criteria and Effective Communication with remote teams; Chapter 3: Remote Execution Supervision, Remote Development Methodology, Code Review; Chapter 4: Distributed Source Code Management, Versioning, Build Schedules; Chapter 5: Quality Assurance, Test Cases (Manual and Automated), Synchronization of Test Environments and Versions; Chapter 6: Issue tracking, Bug Life Cycle, Change Requests, Problem Resolution, Synchronizing Distributed Activities and Maintaining Control; Chapter 7: Deployment and Release Process, Customer Support; Chapter 8: Remote Project Management, Transparency of Remote Execution process, Milestones, Status Reporting; Chapter 9: Understanding Vendor's Execution Process, Vendor's Internal Controls, Synchronizing Vendor's Process and Systems with Client; Chapter 10: Vendor Selection, RFP Process, Contract Administration, Intellectual Property, Metrics for Measuring Performance; Appendix A: About the CD-ROM; Index
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