The Offshoring Elephant in the Room: Turnover
2020 (English)In: IEEE Software, ISSN 0740-7459, E-ISSN 1937-4194, Vol. 37, no 3, p. 54-62Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Staffing software projects with engineers from inexpensive locations has become commonplace. However, distributed development remains practically challenging because of recurring problems, e.g., decreased productivity, low quality, and high, unforeseen costs. Although it is often overlooked, one of the main underlying reasons for these challenges is high employee turnover. This might be especially noticeable in developing countries with strong economic growth such as India. This article examines turnover of Indian software engineers and introduces strategies to address it.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE, 2020. Vol. 37, no 3, p. 54-62
Keywords [en]
Project management, Software development management, Productivity, Collaboration, Economics, Employment, Personnel, Offshoring, Global software engineering, Global software development, Turnover, Attrition, Hidden costs
National Category
Information Systems Software Engineering
Research subject
Information technology; Informatics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-72483DOI: 10.1109/MS.2018.2886179ISI: 000528835000008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85062971088OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-72483DiVA, id: diva2:1288930
2019-02-142019-02-142020-05-18Bibliographically approved