DocumentCode
2066891
Title
A qualitative risk model for offshoring IT applications
Author
Alves, Carlos Henrique Faria ; Alencar, Antonio Juarez ; Schmitz, Eber Assis ; Ferreira, Armando Leite
Author_Institution
Inf. Grad. Program at Fed., Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
fYear
2008
fDate
25-25 April 2008
Firstpage
317
Lastpage
322
Abstract
Offshoring IT services has become a key factor in building successful business strategies, allowing companies to gain competitive advantage. Nevertheless, offshoring embeds a brand new set of risks regarding its management. This paper presents a step-by-step method to build a customized qualitative risk model for offshoring IT applications, which, in turn, increases the likelihood of being successful in such initiatives.
Keywords
information technology; organisational aspects; outsourcing; business strategies; offshoring IT; qualitative risk model; Application software; Companies; Costs; Design engineering; Law; Process control; Programming; Project management; Risk management; Telecommunication control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2008. SIEDS 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location
Charlottesville, VA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2365-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2366-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SIEDS.2008.4559732
Filename
4559732
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