{"id":546,"date":"2020-02-28T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/?p=546"},"modified":"2020-02-28T16:32:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T16:32:23","slug":"consulting-101-offshoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/28\/consulting-101-offshoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting 101 &#8211; Offshoring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a>Offshoring<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many firms use a practice called offshoring. Offshore resources\non a project are team members who are located in a different country overseas\nor in a different continent. Offshoring is often used as a method to get work\ndone for a client at a significantly lower cost. Usually, resources who work in\nanother country outside North America have lower salary requirements due to the\nlower cost of living. Another big benefit of offshore resources is that it\nallows projects in North America to keep running after-hours since the team\noverseas is usually in a different time zone. Because of this, offshore\nresourcing works great in roles that require after-hours technical support,\nmonitoring or development that does not require too much interaction with the\ncore local team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dealing with offshore resources does come with its challenges,\nhowever. There are many cultural and language barriers that must be overcome\nwhen dealing with resources in another country. Most are often English speaking\nbut did not learn English as a primary language. There are many things that can\nget lost in translation. Expectation for average daily work hours and general\nethics vary from region to region. Some cultures proudly work for 12 hours a\nday while others have afternoon naps and many holidays and celebrations that\nneed to be planned around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When dealing with passing off requirements and direction to\nan offshore team, be sure to be clear and concise. Many development teams will\nfollow your direction to a \u201cT\u201d and not make the same logical assumptions you\nwould. Setting expectations early on both sides and having management oversee\nthe work from onshore is critical to being able to use offshore successfully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you interested in starting a career in consulting? Be\nsure to read the full book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/38wE3AO\">Jack of all Trades Master of Some; An Introduction to\nConsulting<\/a> available on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offshoring Many firms use a practice called offshoring. Offshore resources on a project are team members who are located in a different country overseas or in a different continent. Offshoring is often used as a method to get work done for a client at a significantly lower cost. Usually, resources who work in another country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-consulting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}