Title :
Analysis of the Business Risks for the Software Outsourcing between Hongkong and Guangdong
Author :
Wan, Jiangping ; Li, Dejie ; Kuang, Kevin
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Bus. Adm., South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou
Abstract :
This paper identifies the risks of a company which is working at software outsourcing projects between Hongkong and Guangdong, discovers the causal relationships among the risk factors, and constructs corresponding risk structure model with Interpretive Structural Modeling. Five original risk factors are discovered, including contracts risk, requirements definition and change, lack of communication, political and legal environment differences, and exchange rate fluctuations. Finally, three advices are proposed for software outsourcing business operation: project planning, project requirements, and communication.
Keywords :
DP management; outsourcing; risk management; Guangdong; Hongkong; business risks analysis; causal relationships; interpretive structural modeling; project planning; project requirements; risk factors; risk structure model; software outsourcing; Business communication; Companies; Cultural differences; Electric breakdown; Outsourcing; Personnel; Project management; Research and development; Risk analysis; Risk management;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.2416
