Outsourcing software development: What are the benefits?

Outsourcing software development in a global market has many potential benefits. Outsourcing software development allows organizations to adopt technical partners with specialized expertise. This can enable an organization to focus on core functions without the need to maintain additional skill sets in-house, when they are only needed for certain timeframes or projects.  With offshore outsourcing partners, companies also enjoy the cost benefits of working with competitive labor markets and maximizing efficiency through time-zone differences.

Outsourcing can also target different aspects of software development, according to the delivery need. Phases of a software development project can include discovery and requirements gathering; coding; QA and testing; documentation; consultancy and project management.

Traditional models for outsourcing have focused on coding and testing functions.  Today, more mature models that include consultancy and broader services are now emerging, which can provide higher levels of collaboration with onshore clients.

At Shinetech, outsourcing software development offshore in China gives our partners the benefits of supplementing their software development with world-class developers in a cost-effective way. Shinetech provides a high level of project management and also focuses increasingly on facilitating knowledge transfer between our partners and developers. This can involve developers working onshore and onsite with our partners, which enables developers to work closely with product owners and other stakeholders within the partner organization.