Software Factory Offshoring

A lot of software organizations are getting on the off shore software factory bang wagon these days. In this model, an organization documents a set of specifications, ships these specifications accross the globe to India or China, and expects to receive a working piece of software in return. For this model to work, organizations have to be very disciplined, mature and prescriptive in the way they document their specifications. Since very few meet this prerequisite, is this model doomed from the start?

Introducing the New Xelaration Software Blog

Xelaration Software Corporation (www.xelaration.com) is introducing its new blog. The purpose of this blog is to provide professionals with a forum to exchange ideas and opinions on software engineering best practices.