Posted on November 4th, 2009 by
Zohaib
“But the XML in the layout is not allow the product to display in the left bar widget, as the right bar widget is a better bar widget, and I am personally in right bar widget. I work hard for right bar widget, and hard work is best for the company image” – Mr. X- [...]
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Filed under: Client Relations, Global Technology Market, Human Resource Management, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, Relationship management
Posted on May 21st, 2009 by
salima.nasir
Since Mid 2008, global economies have been severely hit by one of the greatest recessions since the great depression (1929). Though incepted by a number of causes, one cannot help but think about the possibilities and countermeasures that can be taken to rectify the prevailing economic crisis all over the world. This crisis has increased [...]
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Filed under: financial crisis, Global Technology Market, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, World Economics
Posted on April 29th, 2009 by
Zohaib
Peace everyone. This one is a departure from my usual questions, but important nevertheless. How many times have we heard ourselves saying “Yes sir” to a client? Is the client always right (which indirectly implies that all clients are flawless gods)? Or do we just say so to placate our endless frustration, caused by treating [...]
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Filed under: Client Relations, Outsourcing Advice, Relationship management, Requirement Analysis, Vendor Relationship
Posted on February 26th, 2009 by
Zohaib
Peace, everyone. Please identify three basic reasons why you would NOT outsource your IT needs to any company, offshore or otherwise. Please keep in mind the current US crisis, and if possible, give your thoughts on how you feel the US IT sector can contribute to the economy, keeping your reservations in perspective. Good day, [...]
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Filed under: Enterprise Agility, IT/BPO Bundled Services, Outsourcing & Agility
Posted on January 20th, 2009 by
Zohaib
Despite the global economic turmoil, it seems that the media shall continue to create hype around President Elect, Barrack Obama’s ‘Blackberry’ (which happens to be a commercial brand), and how he may have to forego this ‘business necessity’ of his, owing to national security issues. Instead of using this matter as an excuse for creating [...]
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Filed under: Business Dynamics, Global Technology Market, Outsourcing & Agility, World Economics
Posted on January 15th, 2009 by
M. Ali Nasim
Recession is the only real time where the organizations get enough time to re-think and make radical changes to their strategic assets. While in boom the best you can afford to do is continuous improvement; you normally can’t afford to experiment and re-engineer your core business processes (and IT assets supporting them) while you’re overwhelmed [...]
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Filed under: Business Dynamics, Enterprise Agility, Enterprise Software, financial crisis, Outsourcing & Agility, World Economics
Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by
ali.zaidi
My question is based around the importance of an onshore consultant for business analysis, requirements gathering and providing a front face to the client in an outsourcing/offshoring scenario. IMHO there are several advantages such as solid communication(specially if the onshore consultant is from the same cultural and ethnic background), efficient requirements gathering, project security and [...]
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Filed under: Agile Applications, Agile Project Management, Communication, Enterprise Agility, Outsourcing & Agility, Requirement Analysis, Vendor Relationship
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