Managing Global Software Engineering: A Comparative Analysis of Offshore Outsourcing and the Internal Offshoring of Software Development

Abstract

In this article, the authors compare offshore outsourcing and the internal offshoring of software development. Empirical evidence is presented from a case study conducted in five companies. Based on a detailed literature review, a framework was developed that guided the authors' analysis of the differences in the challenges faced by companies and the patterns of evolution in the practice of software development in each business model.

Keywords:

• distributed software development
• global software engineering
• offshore outsourcing
• internal offshoring

6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was developed by the MuNDDoS Research Group on Distributed Software Development, partially supported by the PDTI program, and financed by Dell Computers of Brazil Ltd. (Law 8.248/91). We also thank the companies and all the participants.