What industry are you in ? What problem are you solving ? Often the ability of outsourcing vendors ability to help you hinges upon the answers to those two ques

What industry are you in ? What problem are you solving ? Often the ability of outsourcing vendors ability to help you hinges upon the answers to those two questions. If youre solving either - an algorithmically hard problem or a problem that requires iterative refinement, then you might have some valid reasons not to outsource. Otherwise having additional manpower available when needed might actually be a good thing.