• DocumentCode
    3010822
  • Title

    Frequently occurring risks for IT outsourcing projects

  • Author

    Iqbal, Jamshed ; Binti Ahmad, Rodina ; Noor, Muhammad Asim

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Technol., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-5 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    957
  • Lastpage
    960
  • Abstract
    IT Outsourcing is getting popular day by day because of its benefits and certain limitations of organizations. But risks are also associated with it. Occurrence of these risks badly affects the project planning and may result in project failure. By identifying risks, measures can be taken to handle the risks and avoid project failure. Based upon experiences of experts from IT outsourcing industry, this study identifies frequently occurring IT Outsourcing risks so that a proactive strategy can be designed to deal with the risks and outsourcing could achieve its objectives.
  • Keywords
    outsourcing; project management; risk management; software development management; IT outsourcing projects; outsourcing industry; project failure; project planning; Contracts; Cultural differences; Organizations; Outsourcing; Resistance; Software; Time frequency analysis; IT Outsourcing; Outsourced Projects; Outsourcing risks; Risk Identification; Risk Management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer and Communication Engineering (ICCCE), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kuala Lumpur
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0478-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCCE.2012.6271358
  • Filename
    6271358