I think you're coming at it from the right angle. The offshore devs I've worked with have always built exactly what I spec'd. That's been a good thing when my s

I think you're coming at it from the right angle. The offshore devs I've worked with have always built exactly what I spec'd. That's been a good thing when my spec was thorough, and a terrible thing when I was expecting them to 'take this idea and run with it'. So these days I articulate every detail I can think of and chop tasks down to their smallest bite size before shipping them overseas. It's more work up front, but saves to headache later on.