Comments on Pawel Brodzinski on Software Project Management: Subcontractors: Pros and Cons

From my point of view the most important thing you...

2007-01-10T11:52:00.000+01:00

From my point of view the most important thing you point in your post about vendor management is that you and your subcontractor have contradictory goals.

While agree my list is incomplete on the "cons" side (as comments shows) it's also incomplete on the "pros" side. That's for sure.

I don't try to discourage anyone from subcontracting. All I say is: think twice which task you outsource and be aware of both profits and issues with that model.

Good list of pros and cons. All the cons that you ...

2007-01-10T07:02:00.000+01:00

Good list of pros and cons. All the cons that you describe (and there are more) mean an additional disadvantage: much more demanding of the PM. vendor (subcontractor) management is a relatively hard aspect of project management. I call it "A project within a project". See my post at: Vendor Management - a Project within a Project

Moshe Gotesman
http://mosgot.blogspot.com

Couldn't agree more. I should have added it to the...

2006-11-07T23:39:00.000+01:00

Couldn't agree more. I should have added it to the "cons" list on significant position.

I think you should never use subcontractors for yo...

2006-11-07T23:06:00.000+01:00

I think you should never use subcontractors for your core projects / products. If there are any non-core areas, these can be outsourced with respect to the risks you have described.