Get Started with Software Outsourcing & Offshore software Development

Pre-project Communications		Information Analysis		Environment Set-up		Start up & on-going
~ Write e-mail or talk over telephone ~ Ask questions about software expertise, methodology, and cost ~ Discuss NDA and software service agreement ~ Communicate your high-level IT outsourcing requirements ~ Inform if any on-site visit required		~ Check if G&G's software expertise matches with requirements ~ Discuss internally if your team comfortable with G&G's outsourcing offering ~ Check if G&G offers the best cost-benefit ratio ~ Review software NDA and service agreement		~ Set-up user accounts in your servers (if necessary) ~ Provide VPN access (if necessary) ~ Complete technical spec (or ask G&G team to complete) ~ Provide access to software tools, version control, coding standard & libraries ~ Set up a software testing environment for verification & system test		~ Communicate directly with G&G software development team (e-mail, IM chat, telephone) ~ Set-up project plan & regular conf calls with local project manager (if applicable) ~ Train G&G IT outsourcing team on your business processes & software applications (if necessary) ~ Set up a review process for software design and code ~ Communicate acceptance criteria