Robert Duff

Agile the Perfect Match for Offshore

Much debate has existed over the last few years on the topic of Agile development processes and their suitability for managing/coordinating offshore development projects. Our experience at Coherent Solutions during that timeframe is that Agile is superio... Read >

Due Diligence Pays Off When Selecting an Offshore Partner

Offshore outsourcing can offer significant advantages in software development, including cost savings of 50 to 70 percent compared to internal development or onshore development firms. Yet virtually everyone has heard of or had first-hand experience with ... Read >

Four Keys to Offshoring Business Analysis

What's the secret to reducing cost and accelerating the delivery of offshore software development? Move business analysis offshore, too! That's right. There's now a growing body of evidence that doing so will reduce the costs of developing requirements wh... Read >

Staffing Alternatives in Distributed Software Development: Part 2 of 2

This article is second in a two part series describing a research study conducted on midwest IT executives and their attitutes on offshore outsourcing options. This article will review the metholdology of the study, summarize the second 4 of its 8 key fi... Read >

Staffing Alternatives in Distributed Software Development: Part 1 of 2

This article is first in a two part series describing a research study conducted on midwest IT executives and their attitutes on offshore outsourcing options. This article will introduce the study and summarize the first 4 of its 8 key findings. The sec... Read >

Increase your global team’s results with working code

Requirements and software development have a strange and sometimes strained relationship. Good requirements are necessary to ensuring you (the buyer) get what you need. But written in a prose style, they rarely offer a complete picture for the developer. ... Read >