Outsourcing Planning

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Curious about outsourcing planning? 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:

• As you can see, indirect outsourcing costs are hard to budget for because most of them aren’t really supposed to occur in the first place. But they do occur and the only way to plan for them is to plan against them. (page 88)
• Computers crash – data gets lost – electrical storms render connectivity useless. There’s no limit to what could happen, and that’s why you’ve got to outline a plan that addresses how a project and its information will be safeguarded. (page 93)
• It doesn’t matter if you’re a hundred thousand employee corporation or a single online web designer – planning your outsourcing venture is the most cost effective thing you could ever do. (page 113)
• You may have a hard time convincing employees to make the move, but with sufficient transition planning (discussed later), convincing them may be the most difficult part of the process. (page 137)
• Prevent an overload of responses by planning how you’ll deal with a multitude of bids. (page 183)
• Discard bids that are completely off track — but hold on to brief and elongated bids as “Plan B” candidates. (page 213)
• Check with the appropriate authority before making a decision or finalizing your outsourcing plan. (page 279)
• Failing to incorporate Rentacoder’s terms and conditions into your outsourcing plans is failing to succeed — especially if you’re outsourcing on behalf of the company you work for. (page 368)
• We may not be too off the mark when we say a significant number of jobs we see at RentACoder are unplanned. (page 370)
• Have the coder draw up a project plan on middle to larger sized projects, so you can be sure that everyone is on the same page before the project starts. (page 409) 

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Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page, 7.44″ x 9.68″ paperback book, fully illustrated and filled with everything you could possibly need to successfully outsource your tasks the first time.

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.