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"If you only share a few hours per day, or not at all, the cycle times will be in terms of months instead of weeks." Interesting theory but I find that just th

• crpatino 18y ago
  Hi owkaye, I think it all depends on how you organize things. If people can make progress on their own and just coordinate in few, well identified events, the more the better! At the end of day, all depends on the amount of coordination needed between people (which is exactly my point, you have to rely on written agreements and design upfront). If you think about it, it is not about whether things can be done or not. The selling point of "near shoring" is that people is closer to you in time and geography in case things go wrong. Most times they don't, and the client is only paying premium for her peace of mind. But when some major issue happens in your way, you are better off flying a senior member 3hours away than going through series of stressful meetings, offhours... over noisy lines... And let me emphasize this; most times, worst case don't happen at all. The reason this business exist is that it does not. It's all about risk management, like insurance companies.