[SI-LIST] Outsourcing / methodology
- From: "Kenneth W. Egan" <kegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:29:23 -0500
While I agree that the focus of the SI-List is largely technical, I have to
wonder if its not appropriate perhaps to have discourse on experiences
related to SI /PCB in outsourcing.
I work for a company that was primarily setup to outsource the
implementation of our ideas/specs etc.
Had I / we known the difficulties we ended up facing, we might not have gone
down that route.
We had 4 Large SI/PCB physical design projects outsourced. The problems that
arose were related to massive communication problems, despite fluency in
English, massive overselling of actual technical talent, and refusal to take
technical direction in the scope of work.
For SI, we asked for solution space engineering, i.e. topology and physical
placment investigation for the proper / best margin design. We supplied
behavioral topologies / sims to support the physical design and extraction.
We received a non functional layout, gross errors, and no simulation data.
Webinars etc were used to communicate, but the quality of the work just
wasn't there, or perhaps extreme ignorance.
The other problem we had was in the business contracts. WITHOUT exception,
each case negotiated a fee, based on a fixed bid. No one delivered on THEIR
OWN schedule, and then attempted to renegotiate the contract, withholding
the deliverables until said renegotiation occurred.
Not a political statement.
Anyone on the SI-LIST have a tried a true methodology for outsourcing ??
I thought a standard SI methodology was sufficient to drive a SOW, and
constant email/phone and web interaction to contain/control technical
issues. Our consistant inability to drive outsourcing forced us to do the
work internally.
KWE
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