8 mistakes in development outsourcing - boris dinkevich @ startingup
DESCRIPTION
LectureTRANSCRIPT
8MISTAKESINDEVELOPMENTOUTSOURCING
WHATWEWILLTALKABOUT
BorisDinkevich
ABOUTUS
HTTP://500TECH.COM
DreamDevelopmentTeam
#1GOINGTOTRIALWITHOUTALAWYER
#1TAKEATECHADVISERWITHYOU
#1BADADVISER
Toomuchplanning
Badtechnology
#1FINDTECHNICALPEOPLEINMEETUPS
#2WRONGPROVIDER
#2WATCHOUTFORREDFLAGS
#2UNREALISTICSCHEDULESORPRICING
#2WATCHFORTHOSEWHOJUSTNOD!
#2WHO'SGOINGTODEVELOP?
#3UNCLEARDEMANDS
#3CREATEWIREFRAMES
#3CONSULTWITHUXEXPERT
#3DON'TOVERDO
150Pagesisnotagooddesigndocforastartup
AREYOUREADYFORSOMETRUTH?
#4BADDESIGN
#5DEMANDINGFIXED
#5FIXED=CONFLICTOFINTEREST
#5FIXED=YOUPAYMORE
#5WHATSTHEOTHEROPTION?HOURLY,WEEKLY,MONTHLY
#5HOURLYESTIMATECANBEWRONG!
#5PRICEINISRAEL
200-300nis/hour(35,000/month)
350-400nis/hour(60,000/month)
PRICE=RATE*HOURSHOURS
#5PRICEININDIA
20nis/hour
#6HAGGLING
#6ASKFORDISCOUNT*Whytheyagreed?
#6ALTERNATIVEPAYMENTMETHODS
#6DELAYEDPAYMENT$60,000PROJECT
$30KNOW,$60KLATER
PROJECTSTARTED!Woohoo!
#7POORCOMMUNICATION
#7WHODOYOUTALKTO?
#7KEEPUPTODATE
#7SEEYOURAPPLIVE:STAGING,TESTFLIGHT
#8NOTPLANNINGFORDAYAFTERTOMORROW
#8BUG:OMG!SOMETHINGBROKE
#8SUPPORTWENEEDTWITTERCONNECT
#8INFRASTRUCTURE
SOLUTIONS
Supportpackage(40hoursamonth)
Hourlyemergency($100perhour)
Hosting&Monitoring($300permonth)