Making the Right Outsourcing Decision - 2.25 hours/PDUs (Category 3)

Making the Right Outsourcing Decision

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
To recognize the strategies, the benefits, and risks that are associated with an outsource project.

Target Audience
This path is targeted at software development managers and project managers involved in software development. The path requires at least high level familiarity with software application development principles

Prerequisites
n/a

Expected Duration (hours)
2.3

Lesson Objectives
Making the Right Outsourcing Decision

recognize the management principles organizations should adopt and how they will ensure successful outsourcing.

recognize how project outsourcing offers benefits and value to organizations.

recognize the challenges and risks for organizations when outsourcing projects.

choose the strategy best suited to outsource a given project.

recognize the reasons why you should not use core competence thinking as the basis for your outsourcing decisions.

establish which project best meets the criteria for outsourcing.

select the most appropriate process to outsource in a given scenario.

Course Number:
232192_eng