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A risk profile of offshore-outsourced development projects
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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 51 ,  Issue 6  (June 2008) table of contents
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Pages 89-94  
Year of Publication: 2008
ISSN:0001-0782
Authors
Charalambos L. Iacovou  Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC
Robbie Nakatsu  Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

Even the best project management skills will not guarantee success in the complex world of offshore outsourcing.


REFERENCES

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CITED BY
 
Robbie T. Nakatsu , Charalambos L. Iacovou, A comparative study of important risk factors involved in offshore and domestic outsourcing of software development projects: A two-panel Delphi study, Information and Management, v.46 n.1, p.57-68, January, 2009

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.2 Social Issues
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.1 Project and People Management
      K.6.3 Software Management

Collaborative Colleagues:
Charalambos L. Iacovou: colleagues
Robbie Nakatsu: colleagues

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