A Comparative Analysis of Offshored and Onshored Software Development Projects
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This empirical study discusses various aspects of global outsourcing (or offshoring) of IS projects. Using data from 57 paired onshoring and offshoring software projects, matched with respect to project size, beginning times and data quality and conducted in 17 nations over the period from 1991-2003, the research finds that offshored projects require more time to complete than do similar onshored projects. In comparing the technical differences between the matched projects, we found that offshored projects tend to be new client-server, Management Information System (versus TPS) applications, developed on Mid-range computers, using standard/traditional programming languages such as C/C++ and tools. Older languages such as COBOL do not get offshored that much.
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