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		<title>Bidding Sites and Building Frustration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago I put an RFP out for a very specific set of SEO activities on one of bidding sites. This SEO project was for my darling app – WWHOW!.  Since WWHOW! is based on user generated content it offers serious SEO challenges. Having spent a few months fighting those I knew fairly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=964&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Myths of Offshore IT Outsourcing Revised</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/02/19/10-myths-of-offshore-it-outsourcing-revised/</link>
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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>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&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=470&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CIO.com Perspective on Offshore Risk Management</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/11/13/ciocom-perspective-on-offshore-risk-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very good article on CIO.com &#8211; Offshore Outsourcing: A Risk Management Perspective. It offers a high level perspective on risks of offshore outsourcing with specific look into several dimensions - Geopolitical Cultural Contractual Operations Compliance Business Continuity The article also gives some high level approach to risk mitigation. These risks as well as methods [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=389&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using Contracts to Mitigate Offshore Risks</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/10/30/using-contracts-to-mitigate-offshore-risks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MSA – a “horizontal” component of an offshore contract can become a powerful tool in managing an offshore engagement and mitigating its risks. My approach to turning MSA in such tool includes several main steps: 1. Identify specific risks associated with the engagement. See my earlier post Top outsourcing risks as an example. 2. Rank [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=344&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to Outsource?</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/10/06/ready-to-outsource/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organization outsourcing maturity is one of the most important ingredients for an outsourcing initiative. Attempts to force outsourcing to an organization that is not prepared / not ready for it are likely to fail and chances are with a lot of collateral damage. That is true for any outsourcing initiative, not only for offshore; well, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=229&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Not Over, Till It&#8217;s Over</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/09/25/its-not-over-till-its-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was fairly certain that an offshore development company with majority of their staff in St. Petersburg, Russia was the best choice for a large scale initiative for my company. The decision came after complex vendor selection process which included on-site visits, marathon interviews, long and pricy MSA negotiations, etc. I hang up the phone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=202&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore Risk: Cost-reduction expectations</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/08/28/cost-reduction-expectations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Establishing high cost-reduction expectations is one of the most serious traps a technology leader can get him/herself into. If the only reason you are going offshore is cost savings – my best advice would be – stop right there! If you are very good at utilizing offshore you may realize 30% savings on somewhat sizable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=63&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top outsourcing risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Putting development of your product or any other aspect of technology in the hands of a third party is certainly a risky proposition. To properly mitigate the risks of outsourcing one needs to understand the outsourcing landscape quite well. The top offshore outsourcing risks fall in several main categories. There is much to be said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&#038;blog=4587662&#038;post=46&#038;subd=nkrym&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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