Host: The Japan Society for Management Information
In order to reduce development costs and to secure high skill resources, many software developers are promoting offshoring to China. We analyze the success factors of offshoring from the data accumulated in the project information sharing system. It shows that the projects with fewer specification defects resulting in lower inquiry volume are more likely to be successful. So are the projects in which the average time required to answer the inquiries is shorter. All the projects in which the average answer time exceeds two days fail. It was confirmed from the analysis that the reduction of specification defects and the tightening of the communication with offshore developers are the key success factors.
