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		<title>Communication Failures in Outsourcing</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2011/05/08/communication-failures-in-outsourcing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 00:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was Malcolm Gladwell who introduced me to Geert Hofstede’s concept of the Power Distance Index (PDI). After I read the chapter seven of Outliers I had to stop to catch the breath, it was just too exciting. Implication of PDI on cross-cultural communications is immense and it has direct relevance to outsourcing, and I’ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1272&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>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
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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>Of Frogs and Wrestlers</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2010/03/06/of-frogs-and-wrestlers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Traps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So you found a new vendor, negotiated a perfect deal and established relationships with key players. The team starts its work and shortly you can realize the savings you’ve been looking for. A year passes faster than you could ever imagine. Reports coming from the vendor showing good compliance with the benchmarks you established. You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1146&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore QA and a Sly Fox</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/10/07/offshore-qa-and-a-sly-fox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fairly common model for working with an offshore vendor for SaaS companies is based on black box model – the requirements collected locally go to offshore team and code ready for production comes back, sometimes in a form of binaries. There are variations to that model with the same common thread – the full [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1016&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore BC &amp; DR</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/10/03/offshore-bc-dr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking about Nostradamus predictions for 2012 and all cataclysms that will strike that year? Afraid and developing your bullet proof Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC&#38;DR) plans? Well, if meteors, super-volcanoes, and melting ice caps flatten, burn, and flood most of humanity those BC&#38;DR plans won’t matter much. However, increasingly more powerful floods, hurricanes and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=1010&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Fears</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/09/25/environmental-fears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Traps]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in At Doorsteps of a New Engagement I have a new vendor to deal with. It is a company that has been working with my team for over two years and thus it’s only new for me. It took about a few days for me to encounter the first set of issues. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=997&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bidding Sites and Building Frustration</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/08/10/bidding-sites-and-building-frustration/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/08/10/bidding-sites-and-building-frustration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Making Offshore Decision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News, Articles, Thoughts and Comments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Risks]]></category>
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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&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=964&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Thoughts on ESL</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/04/14/more-thoughts-on-esl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago when still a student I stumbled upon a great supplemental income opportunity: a friend of mine, an editor in a science journal, was looking for part time interpreters. The task was quite simple: writing summaries of technical articles. To me my French even though practically non-existent seemed strong enough to do that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=845&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore Impact: Personnel Issues</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/02/14/offshore-impact-personnel-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you are moving forward with offshore initiative, maybe a new or expanding an existing one. What is going through the minds of your team members? What kind of questions are coming up? What is not letting them sleep at night? That’s not difficult to imagine: Is my job at risk? Is my salary at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=699&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Darkest Side of Outsourcing</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/02/10/the-darkest-side-of-outsourcing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Managing Offshore Engagements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offshore Cons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While writing a post on a topic of personnel impact of the offshore outsourcing I had to go through a rather unpleasant exercise – I had to terminate one of my employees. Termination is never fun, it is particular painful on a backdrop of economy downturn. Through my career I had to let go a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=688&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using Agile with Offshore</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/02/05/using-agile-with-offshore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One topic that often comes up with relationship to outsourcing software development projects is the use of agile methodologies. Having run a number of projects using agile methodologies with offshore (nearshore) partners I found that some of the classic principles do not work as well, for example XP’s “pair programming” and “moving people around” need [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=664&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Once Bitten, Twice Prepared</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/02/01/once-bitten-twice-prepared/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago I found myself in a typical Silicon Valley party with at least 50% of attendees from local technology start ups. Someone offered “offshore nightmares” as a discussion topic, that turned out to be a great icebreaker as everyone of us had a few of those laughs &#38; tears stories to tell. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=656&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Delivering Bad News</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/16/delivering-bad-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are running an offshore IT engagement you have faced bad news a few times by now. Not? Chances are you will soon. I am not being all gloom and doom; it’s just the nature of the beast. As a matter of fact working in IT guarantees that you will be facing bad news, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=571&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ESL Tips &amp; Traps</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/13/esl-tips-and-traps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lighter Side of Outsourcing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the stream of holiday mail an email from an old friend of mine stood out with its unusual greeting: “Hell Nick!” The missing “o” reminded me of many written and oral blunders I generated over the years and probably continue to without even knowing. I arrived in the states in ‘91 with practically no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=560&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing and Email Etiquette</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2009/01/05/outsourcing-and-email-etiquette/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing made a more profound impact on business communications than email, and nothing probably ever will; well, unless telepathy is adopted by the corporate world, and that is probably not going to happen during my time. So it’s not surprise that there are 100s of books and web sources covering email etiquette, rules, techniques, tips, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=524&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing in the Light of Bribe Payers Index</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/12/19/outsourcing-in-the-light-of-bribe-payers-index/</link>
		<comments>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/12/19/outsourcing-in-the-light-of-bribe-payers-index/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News, Articles, Thoughts and Comments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have someone offered you some funny smelling incentive package to close an offshoring deal? You may not be alone&#8230;  I just run across an interesting article, not specific to offshore outsourcing but very relevant though. Bribe Paying Export Countries by Daniel Workman talks about some unusual stats &#8211; &#8220;The 2008 Bribe Payers Index ranks the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=506&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore &amp; Sexual Harassment</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/12/03/offshore-sexual-harassment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a strange topic, it feels quite weird even to bring it up. After mandatory training, posted policies, and tons of wasted energy you’d say that is a dead horse. Alas, offshore-related sexual harassment could quickly grow into a real problem if not dealt with promptly. The trap is actually right one the surface: the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=425&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Non-hire Trap</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/11/28/non-hire-trap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first steps in most of offshore engagements, often even before you decide on the vendor is signing non-disclosure and non-solicitation agreements. NDAs and NSAs have become so common that often they are signed without understanding a potential penalties they may lead to. Below are a few fairly common tricky situations related to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=419&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of the Onsite Coordinator</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/11/20/the-myth-of-the-onsite-coordinator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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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&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=409&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore Model Selection: T&amp;M vs. Fixed Bid</title>
		<link>http://pragmaticoutsourcing.com/2008/11/03/offshore-model-selection-tm-vs-fixed-bid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Krym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s quite amusing to see many offshore vendors to use LinkedIn Answers for self-promotion but instead of leads generating volumes of offshore-bashing. However amid of self-advertising and political positions you can find browsing this section helpful in many aspects, no cloud without a silver lining I guess… This time LinkedIn Answers offered an interesting discussion [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticoutsourcing.com&amp;blog=4587662&amp;post=352&amp;subd=nkrym&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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