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		<title>10 Myths of Offshore IT Outsourcing Revised</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google search on 10 myths in offshore outsourcing brings a few good articles written 3 – 7 years ago, some of them are still worth looking at even though some of the top myths lost their mystical nature, some debunked myths turned out to be facts, so it is worth taking a new look at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=712&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of the Onsite Coordinator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Myths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the proven methods to improve quality of communications with the offshore team is to have a dedicated person to coordinate and oversee its activities from your site. This person should ensure the communication flow, act as liaison between the teams, and often interpret information from local to offshore language. Even if the both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=409&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing Myths: Turnover Ratio</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impact of turnover on the total cost of outsourcing is difficult to overstate. Of course you know that and put a turnover question as one of the most important ones in the beginning of your RFP. You look at the proposal that just came back from your vendor and see 18% as the response, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=246&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing Myths: cost advantage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a surface that seems obvious: even with dollar fall, rising cost of living in India, China and especially eastern Europe the hourly rates continue to be much lower than those you have to pay in the states. For example, a mid level java developer would roughly cost you: SF Bay Area, full time $60/hr [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=13&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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