This webinar will review some of the recent trends in life sciences such as outsourcing, cloud computing, and globalization. We will talk about the opportunities for life sciences companies to position themselves in a fast changing industry.
Sometimes it's a knock-down, drag-out brawl between proponents of insourcing and outsourcing. When the final bell rings, who will still be standing?
Question: My organization outsources to save money, but it creates communication issues and other problems for my agile team. Can offshoring (outsourcing) work effectively for non-collocated agile groups?
| A. | Yes, but success may depend on how far away from your collocated team the outsourced resources are located. |
| B. | No. Agile practices stress collocated teams. If you are not based together, there is no way for an agile approach to be effective. |
| C. | Yes, but only if the teams switch the locations where they live every six months so that each group learns the language and culture of the other. |
| D. | No. Agile was created in the United States, and therefore it is only intended to work for American teams. |
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Making outsourcing decisions work is one of the major challenges facing outsourcing managers. In order to monitor the progress and success of an outsourcing relationship, managers need a higher level of visibility of the work performed by the outsourced teams. This paper discusses the six dimensions needed to measure, monitor, and report, which can greatly improve the visibility and success of outsourcing projects.
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This session will provide you with an introduction to LPO and discussion around the key ethical and practical considerations together with an overview of LPO case studies highlighting the crucial role of project management in successful engagements. Topics covered: • Overview of legal process outsourcing (LPO) • Key LPO functions and benefits • Ethical Considerations and Risk Mitigation with LPO • Key market trends • Case studies
To outsource various types of functions (including software development/maintenance, data center and network operations, backup/recovery services, data storage management services, system administration services, etc.), you need to conduct a broad assessment of the capabilities of an outsourcing services provider. Use this outline as your guide.
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"We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away." - ChuangTzu |
