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Our company used Chetu in India - what a debacle. Work that should have taken less than a month went on for several, and nothing usable delivered in that time until we pulled the plug. What they did deliver was amateurish at best, and no where near production quality.
I started with the company using Chetu later in that project, and while the code quality was terrible, the whole process could have managed better:
- Start with a small project first. See how they handle that, before giving them more important work to do. This will not only give you a sense of the quality of the work, but also how best to work with them.
- Develop a clearly defined specification for the work to be performed. It should be sufficiently detailed that there is no ambiguity as to what is to be delivered.
- Upon delivering the specification to the outsourcer, have them provide clear estimates as to timelines and deliverables. Negotiate with them if you are not satisfied with this estimates, until you have something that both you and outsourcer are comfortable with and agree to.
Remember, their business model is to generate as many billable hours as possible. Having a clear specification and time estimates are crucial, and should be made part of any agreement with the outsourcer. Otherwise you might find that the project never ends, and you having huge overruns in time and money.
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I inherited a project done by Igate Patni in India. It was the *worst* code I have ever seen in almost 25 years of software development. It was about the level of a 10 year old child!
Though to be fair, the project had suffered from several years of no technical oversight and constant deadline pressure.
Outsourcers are only interested in meeting the specs, not in producing quality code. It is just that their priorities are different to yours.
Kind regards
Trevor D'Arcy-Evans
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yeah, i've worked with Indian too.. They are very good in communication and discussing with specs which they sounded very good, techinal and pro but their code and the program they delivered is worst, it's like a freshman hi school project!
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yeah, i've worked with Indian too.. They are very good in communication and discussing with specs which they sounded very good, techinal and pro but their code and the program they delivered is worst, it's like a freshman hi school project!
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I've worked with Indian too.. They are very good in communication and discussing specs they sounded very good, professional and technical but in the end the code is worst and the application it is like created with a freshmen from hi school!
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Richard,
For my projects for AT&T and Motorola I have had a great experience with sigma.software out of the Ukraine (they also have offices in Sweden, UK and US). I have nothing but positive to say about their work - they made my firm look very professional to these big clients.
I hope this helps.
Thanks!
Thank you,
Serge B.
modified 26-Feb-18 17:41pm.
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One company I worked for outsourced (automated & manual) testing to EPAM in Belarus. They were *incredibly* good, with a standard of code & testing comparable to our own. I was gutted when the company was taken over by IBM who quickly stopped the contract.
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Lexus did the magic[^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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We don't need no hoverboard.[^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Right... Photoshop magic, perhaps. Move along, nothing to see...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Sorry, came into work and actually started doing some, have a clue based on what I am doing.
Martin Luther was exploring below with his shook up lens (10)
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Kingfisher - Martin Luther king, look below underwater
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Nope
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I didn't know you were into caving!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Spelunking
Anagram of "up lens" and "King"
Presumably "King" from "Martin Luther King"
Which is a bit bloody sneaky f you ask me - being as there was a Martin Luther!
Don't think I'd have got it without the "Kingfisher" guess!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Is correct.
I am not down a cave at the moment, but I am experimenting with Splunk.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I used to subscribe to Spelunker today.
PLUGH!
Plover
XYZZY
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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NOTHING HAPPENS
THERE IS A THREATENING LITTLE DWARF IN THE ROOM WITH YOU!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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THROW LANTERN
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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THE OIL SOAKED THE DWARF, MAKING IT EVEN MORE THREATENING.
THE LAMP GOES OUT.
THERE IS AN OIL SOAKED THREATENING LITTLE DWARF IN THE ROOM WITH YOU!
BUT YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I see it coming that we will be playing the TAOTD (Text Adventure Of The Day) here. There is only one way to defeat a threatening oil dwarf:
GIVE ALE TO DWARF
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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THE DWARF DRINKS THE ALE AND LOOKS SOMEWHAT MOLLIFIED.
THERE IS AN OIL SOAKED SLIGHTLY LESS THREATENING LITTLE DWARF IN THE ROOM WITH YOU!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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W
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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IT IS NOW PITCH DARK. IF YOU PROCEED YOU WILL LIKELY FALL INTO A PIT.
THERE IS AN OIL SOAKED SLIGHTLY LESS THREATENING LITTLE DWARF IN THE ROOM WITH YOU!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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STRIKE MATCH
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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