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__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ CodeLance Newsletter, August 2006 __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/
1. Free primary projects this weekend
This weekend (Saturday and Sunday) all projects posted to CodeLance by existing buyers will be upgraded to primary status at no charge (usual price $20)! Take advantage of this special opportunity and benefit from the following advantages of primary projects:
- No minimum project budget or bid amount Good luck with your projects and remember, this offer will not be advertised on the web site - it's for existing buyers only.
BECOME A CODELANCE SUPPORTER TODAY! Becoming a CodeLance supporter brings real benefits for both buyers and developers. Click below for full details... http://www.codelance.com/supporter.shtml ***************************************************
Success of a project when developed by an offshore provider is largely dependant on the way the project is remotely managed from the client’s side. If you hope to make a project successful with very little input from your end as a customer, it is unlikely that the project will achieve success in the long term. The basic reason is very simple: you know your business requirements best. Software services companies working in another part of the world can only develop a solution based on the input provided by you. Fairly large projects have a dedicated project manager who interacts with the offshore team and acts as a virtual bridge between the business and the software developers. If your project does not have dedicated personnel for it, there is no need to despair. You can follow some simple tips mentioned below and manage your project quite successfully. Define the goal every week: The complete lifecycle of the software development process can be divided into smaller goals which can then be communicated to the team via email or by phone. It is a good idea to have a call with the entire team on Monday morning and run through the list of weekly goals that need to be achieved and then call again at the end of the week to evaluate if they have been achieved or not and what type of roadblocks were faced by them. Manage the time difference: Time difference is one of the factors in offshore software development projects which can become a pro or a con depending on how it is managed. It is imperative that a "common" time zone is mutually agreed on by you and the offshore vendor. This time should be used for communication and ironing out issues faced by the development team. Though it might take some time to get used to getting in to the office at 7 AM, it pays good dividends in the long run. If there are issues, alert everyone in time: It is advisable that you keep a look out for early warning signals and warn the team up front rather than wait for things to correct themselves. Ninety percent of the time, the issue is not self-correcting but goes on to become a real pain to the entire team before additional effort is exerted to get it on track. If someone in the offshore team is doing well, comment on it: Encouragement and motivation are required even when you have hired a team with an offshore service provider. Motivating team members with an encouraging email along with occasional gifts sent to them on regional festivals creates camaraderie as well as doing wonders for the project. At the end of the day remember that developers are human beings and they do need an occasional pat on the back. Although a number of onsite project managers feel that project management tools are advantageous to the flow of a project, the core driver in a successful project will always be good project and human resource management skills.
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A primary project is a high profile project which brings a range of benefits for both buyers and developers. Primary projects involve a one-off charge to the buyer of $20 after which the project is listed prominently on the CodeLance homepage (and all other top level pages at www.codelance.com) thus guaranteeing maximum exposure to potential programmers. Developers and buyers are free not only to discuss project details but also to exchange contact information via the "Send Message" user to user email facility or via a private message posted to the project's message board BEFORE a winning bid is chosen. As a result, developers can provide buyers with URLs of previous work or even send them demo code directly. Once the developer has been selected and the work has been successfully carried out the buyer is required to transfer the appropriate funds from their CodeLance account to the developer's CodeLance account. Furthermore, both buyers and developers pay NO COMMISSION whatsoever on primary projects. A secondary project may be placed FREE OF CHARGE by a buyer and is visible to all developers who carry out a search for open projects (it is also visible on the CodeLance homepage as long as it remains one of the 10 most recent projects). Before a buyer selects a developer for a project both parties are able to communicate via the CodeLance messaging systems but disclosure of contact information is NOT ALLOWED (see below for what is meant by "contact information"). Once the developer has been selected and the work has been successfully carried out the buyer is required to transfer the appropriate funds from their CodeLance account to the developer's CodeLance account. The buyer is charged NO COMMISSION, the developer is charged the current commission rate. Further details at http://www.codelance.com/faq.shtml
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