The Challenges of Outsource Software Development

Daniel Alcanja
8 min readFeb 20, 2019

Software Development Outsourcing is the practice of subcontracting software development to another company (or individual) rather than handling the task in-house by hiring one’s’ own developers. Outsourcing has become a normal part of life and business that can seen across all sectors and industries. For example, clothing manufacturing is often outsourced to companies in Colombia, Bangladesh, and The Philippines. Phone devices are manufactured in China. Software development has followed suit; outsourcing software development is becoming more and more common, and will most likely continue to do so.

Outsourcing software development is an efficient method for benefitting from the talent of highly skilled engineers without going through the process of hiring them and taking responsibility for them as employees. An added benefit frequently comes from reducing costs; outsourced software engineers often reside in less developed countries and accept lower wages. With the advances of the internet and globalization, outsourcing software development is something that any individual or business is capable of.

Outsourcing has become commonplace, both for overseas and local work. Small companies commonly sought to outsource their software development needs to other countries while larger companies could often create their own offshore software…

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Daniel Alcanja

Love building applications and make new ideas come to life. More than 17 years of engineering experience in Web and Mobile. CTO at https://trio.dev