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> I have no doubt there are execs sitting around thinking that, they are wrong but I don't doubt it. There are a how slew of reasons why outsourcing fails time
by tablespoon 4y ago
> I have no doubt there are execs sitting around thinking that, they are wrong but I don't doubt it. There are a how slew of reasons why outsourcing fails time and time again and "poor communication" isn't very high on that list.
Poor communication a multiplying factor for all the other problems.
- joshstrange 4y agoAgreed, "poor communication" can mean a number of things that are huge problems. > "The outsourcing of the 1990s failed because of poor communication; there's no replacement for regular face-to-face meetings" reply I was specifically talking about the progression of things like video/audio/text chat (think Zoom/Slack) but I get that I wasn't clear. I fixated on "there's no replacement for regular face-to-face meetings" which isn't true, and that alone wasn't the reason outsourcing failed. Language barriers, cultural barriers, timezones, and the list goes on of things I group under "poor communication". These should not be scoffed at or downplayed.
- hungryforcodes 4y agoHaving some experience with this -- poor communication comes time and time again as the number one problem both clients and outsourcing companies list as problems in their google slides during project retrospectives.