Outsourcing Performance (Book Excerpts)

Curious about outsourcing performance? Our book, “Outsourcing Through RentACoder” explains it all. Below are a few selected snippets that describe its importance and why you, as an outsourcer, should care. For details, head on over to this page and order the book. Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page step-by-step user guide for entrepreneurs who want to reduce their workload and increase productivity at the same time.

Excerpts:

• Roughly 25% of RentACoder’s contractors are American. That’s 61,708 out of 238,670 potential candidates. Only 1% (987) of them are “Top Coders” – contractors that meet specific work performance requirements. (page 31)
• Over a thousand of these coders are Expert Rating certified, indicating a 20% better performance rate and efficiency than their counterparts who are not certified. (page 76)
• If additional tasks obstruct the flow of existing work performance, a coder may oblige but then add the cost of completing them to an existing contract. (page 87)
• You can avoid most performance risks by making an educated hiring decision in the first place. (page 102)
• Since coders aren’t in the practice of losing money, performance is certain with the Expert Guarantee. At the very least, its implication is strengthened. (page 119)
• Communication is key within an outsourcing team since the performance of one coder often depends on the performance of another. (page 132)
• You’re going to have to be much more specific when itemizing your own project’s tasks because when it’s all said and done, you’ll have what’s called, a “scope.” And hired contractors will use your scope as the basis of their work performance. (page 144)
• Sometimes a contract will spell out how and when a service should be performed, such as with a service that needs performance on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis. (page 157)
• RentACoder’s All Coder Competition ranks each coder by work performance based on job cost, job number, positive feedback, and status reports. (page 240)
• Individuals or companies who outsource through RentACoder (now, vWorker) can pay by performance with a percentage of escrowed funds at the end of each milestone. (page 278)
• Pay by performance or contingency only when you can escrow the entire amount of agreed upon funds. (page 279)
• Don’t risk losing a competent coder by micromanaging her/his every move. Let your coder do his/her work and don’t pester. You’ll only risk poor job performance and the loss of future service if you insist on being a RentACoder (now, vWorker) bug-a-boo! (page 304)
• There are no favorites, no preferences, and no ulterior motives in arbitration regardless of what you may have heard. There’s only an unbiased analysis of how well or how poorly a coder’s work performance or deliverable compares to its contract. (page 341)
• Use ratings to communicate job performance, meeting deadlines, communicating, etc. only. Anything else misleads other buyers like yourself! (page 371) 

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Inside, you’ll find a slew of outsourcing know-how, over a dozen online checklists, worksheets, and more. It also introduces an outsourcing roadmap exclusive to the RentACoder (now, vWorker) website. Order it here.