Outsourcing Projects (Book Excerpts)

Outsourcing Projects

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Curious about outsourcing projects? 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 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:

• This book will help you not only avoid critical mistakes, it will also help you use RentACoder to your advantage. It will show you how to manage outsourcing projects, work with legally enforceable contracts, and reduce risks. (page 15)
• RentACoder buyers are called “buyers” because they “buy” an outsourcing service from a coder. RentACoder contractors are called “coders” because they provide programming code or a project’s source code. (page 30)
• RentACoder’s escrow service is crucial, as it prevents coders from collecting funds on unfinished projects and it prevents buyers from running off with projects without paying for them. (page 40)
• But in outsourcing, it’s not only the best policy, it’s the most ‘commonsensible’ policy since there’s no way a project will be successful if everyone fabricates things. (page 51)
• Our Tasks_97.xls file lists a huge number of business processes that companies carry out on a daily basis, making them perfect outsourcing candidates and ideal RentACoder projects. (page 60)
• Consider as both a fact and an example, the number of outsourced projects at RentACoder averages a monthly growth rate of 1.28% or a yearly growth rate of 15.34%. That’s huge! (page 72)
• Direct costs can be traced to a product or a department.23 In outsourcing, they pay for putting an outsourced project into place and they pay for services rendered. (page 81)
• An overbearing personality can stop an outsourcing project dead in its tracks for example. Company policy could prohibit sharing proprietary information over the internet. Or co-workers could sabotage your outsourcing ideas before they even get off the drawing board. (page 90)
• To minimize your risks, that is – to ensure your project will be completed by a competent coder, you’ll need to spend sufficient time evaluating profiles and portfolios. (page 100)
• Unless you’ve read this book from front to back (or successfully completed a few projects at the RentACoder website), you won’t know the company’s entire process. That’s okay for now. (page 115)
• Buyer Beware: The site’s coders aren’t the only individuals who bid on projects. RentACoder uses RentACoder too! However when RentACoder works on a project, it changes the way the system’s arbitration works. (page 122)
• Instead of delegating a large project’s individual tasks to a spectrum of contractors, inexperienced employers delegate all of a large project’s tasks onto a single coder without considering the risks of doing so. (page 130)
• In outsourcing, a scope is a project’s explanation that details requested services, limitations, locations, provisions, and exclusions. One of the biggest problems people have in outsourcing through RentACoder is failing to provide enough specifics. (page 142)
• Separate nondisclosure contracts are appropriate for a pre-interview phase and for multiple projects that need the same protection in a post-interview phase. (page 158)
• Here’s an example of what RentACoder’s bid request wizard may append to the end of every bid request or contract. Note that these conditions can be edited to reflect a project’s exact requirements. (page 163)
• Should a buyer require a non-disclosure agreement, no details of an outsourced project are available outside of the individuals who accept the agreement’s terms. (page 174)
• This draft should be specific and tweaked (and reviewed by others involved in the project’s management) until there’s no mistake about what you want. (page 181)
• Be very careful to read over your options (as illustrated above). RentACoder does a great job at describing the most common needs. Ticking the right option will ensure your project is correctly interpreted by the coders who review it. (page 193)

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