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		<title>List of Outsourcing Advisors</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/12/09/list-of-outsourcing-advisors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my post on outsourcing governance I received a few emails raising the topic of outsourcing advisory. And that prompted me to do a bit of a deeper dive into the world of corporate matchmaking / marriage counseling – helping companies to find offshore vendors and later on help them with governance and management of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1396&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PO Trip Adviser: China</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/09/24/po-trip-adviser-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now a brief list of travel tips for one of my favorite destinations – China, the country that changes with amazing speed right before our eyes. If there is anything that I regret about traveling to China it is not spending enough time there, not meeting enough people, and not seeing enough places. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1239&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PO Trip Adviser: India</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/09/23/po-trip-adviser-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Offshore Decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Vendor Selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India Outsourcing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with a line of travel guides I turn to the most common outsourcing destination – India. There are a plenty of outstanding travel guides for India, so if you are planning to combine business and pleasure, and see places such as the Agra, Rajasthan, and Kerala make sure you study them before you depart.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1222&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PO Trip Adviser: Russia</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/09/22/po-trip-adviser-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Vendor Selection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While working on a outsourcing destinations chapter for my book I realized that tips for travel in many countries could be helpful to those not accustomed to traveling to third world countries and other outsourcing destinations.  Of course there are plenty of books, websites and forums covering travel to any place in the world.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1212&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Search for SWAT</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/03/23/search-for-swat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is famous French expression cherche la femme (find the woman) implying that behind a cause of almost any event there is a woman (well, in its most common meaning the phrase has negative and sexist connotation). Cherche La SWAT or “Search for SWAT” is an approach I have been using and recommend others to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=787&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Emerging Companies in India IT-BPO</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/27/top-emerging-companies-in-india-it-bpo/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/27/top-emerging-companies-in-india-it-bpo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Offshore Vendor Selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India Outsourcing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finding a provider in India could be very challenging process. Sheer number of providers combined with high percentage of body-shops with prevalent mediocre resources, ongoing changes in the industry, recent scandals, cutthroat competition exacerbated by industry decline make up for a daunting process. The process becomes especially complex if you target a small to midsized [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=639&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>oDesk Freelancer Stats and Mashups</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/20/odesk-freelancer-stats-and-mashups/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/20/odesk-freelancer-stats-and-mashups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Offshore Vendor Selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia Outsourcing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few posts ago I mentioned a report covering some insights on international freelancing community that was made available by oDesk. Sine then I had a chance to take a deeper look at oConomy and found information there even more interesting and insightful. oDesk did a great job on presenting freelancer statistics in chats and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=612&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Researching Offshore Rates</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/08/researching-offshore-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract Negotiations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[China Outsourcing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questions about offshore rates in different geographies, for different positions and roles come all too often. I covered a few aspects of this subject in my earlier posts, for example Offshore Developer Rates and Negotiating a Fair Rate. One of the points made in these posts was that the rate is just a contributing factor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=541&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top India Cities for IT Outsourcing</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/08/top-india-cities-for-it-outsourcing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just stumbled upon an interesting post &#8211; The Top Ten Cities for Outsourcing in India. Bala, a Software Programmer working in Chennai, India refers to several major studies by big name industry analysts that produced the top 10 list. India has 35 major cities, not all of them are good offshore outsourcing hubs, for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=536&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pros and Cons of Outsourcing to Brazil</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/07/pros-and-cons-of-outsourcing-to-brazil/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/07/pros-and-cons-of-outsourcing-to-brazil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Offshore Vendor Selection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple months ago I was talking with Alexandre, a project / account manager from a mid-sized service provider based out of Campinas, an industrial city North of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Alexandre’s team did a great job on one of my past projects and we continue to stay in touch after the engagement ended. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=528&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>oDesk: Freelancing Destinations</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/12/15/odesk-freelancing-destinations/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/12/15/odesk-freelancing-destinations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very interesting statistics made available by oDesk, a freelancing marketplace that now tops 150,000 individuals worldwide in over 100 countries. Freelancing geography as seen from oDesk perspective appears quite different from what we see in trends on geography of regular IT outsourcing, for example US freelancers offer strong competition and reasonable costs. The list of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=483&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbai Sad Nomination</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/12/12/470/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting and very important aspect of selecting an outsourcing destination is the location safety.  And it is quite different from what it used to be just a few years ago.  The recent terror in Mumbai brought a lot of attention to the subject and put Mumbai in the top ten riskiest places.    Here is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=470&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gartner&#8217;s Top 30</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/12/11/gartners-top-30/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/12/11/gartners-top-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<title>Offshore Interviews: Personality Aspect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several common misconceptions about interviewing for “personality” with the offshore resources: It’s irrelevant. These are not employees I am hiring, why would I care about their personality? It’s the same as with local resources: what’s good for the home team is good for the offshore. I let my gut decide or I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=407&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore Interviews: Basics</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/11/14/offshore-interviews-basics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of books, articles and various materials on the Net pertaining to technical interviewing. There are several substantial differences that need to be accounted for when dealing with offshore resources. The first one is a mindset. Many people who outsource large scope IT initiatives outsource interviewing as well. They see sourcing (finding, interviewing, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=394&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pros &amp; Cons of Outsourcing to Latin America</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/11/11/pros-cons-of-outsourcing-to-latin-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latin America offers one of the best options for nearshore outsourcing for the USA and Canada. It also offers great resources for Spanish localization projects getting increasing important in the states. Latin America offers a large spectrum of options roughly corresponding to the countries in the region covering almost entire alphabet from Argentina to Venezuela. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=380&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Generating a List of Prospect Vendors</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/11/04/generating-a-list-of-prospect-vendors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fining an offshore provider is much more difficult than it should be considering the supply abundance. Yet the complexity starts right with the first step – generating a “long” list of prospect vendors. The easiest and probably the least meaningful way to find providers is just publicly announce you needs, for example post a question [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=362&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pros &amp; Cons of Outsourcing to Canada</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/11/04/pros-cons-of-outsourcing-to-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again an interesting question asked on LinkedIn IT, this time by Vladimir Kondratenko &#8211; Pros and Cons of Outsourcing to Canada.  My recent experience with that region is rather limited so I decided to make a few calls / send a few emails and connect with my colleagues who have first hand experience in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=355&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pragmatic Outsourcing vs. Gartner</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/10/24/pragmatic-outsourcing-vs-gartner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen latest Gartner view on offshore destinations via Gartner rates offshore outsourcing hot spots or variety of other sources. I find Gartner view quite interesting, informative yet sometimes not very relevant to needs of software product companies.  In this particular analysis the information is very good and applicable to a large degree [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=319&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pros and Cons of Outsourcing to India</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/10/19/pros-and-cons-of-outsourcing-to-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[India offers the most developed, experienced and sophisticated outsourcing community. No surprise – embedded advantage of ESL, huge supply of IT talent, and low standards of living made it a top destination for IT outsourcing long time ago. Y2K and management talent solidified the success creating multi-billion dollar giants and changing ethnic landscape of many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=303&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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