Requirements Management in Outsourced Projects

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Requirements Management in Outsourced Projects

by Andrew Makar

September 24, 2007


Transitioning from an insourced IT organization to an IT organization that outsources the majority of the IT functions is an eye-opening experience. Many key functions of traditional insourced delivery are no longer persistent across the IT portfolio.
 
Project management, business analysis, software development and infrastructure development are initiated and concluded within the project lifecycle. In an insourced model, the business analysts, project managers and developers are retained for the next project in the portfolio queue. In an outsourced model, these resources leave at the end of the contract and move to the next client opportunity.
 
Understanding the impact of an outsourced staffing model to the requirements and the business analysis function has a modest learning curve for IT managers new to an outsourced model. This article highlights a few lessons learned to help future managers adjust easier to the managing requirements in an outsource model.
 
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