Software Development Outsourcing

There is a growing complexity of the problems encountered in IT and software related areas. Business requirements and technological environment are changing almost continuously, whereas most of IT departments envisage increasing importance of delivering high quality, flexible solutions on-time and within the budget. Quite often, there is no staff with the required qualifications and experience and it is not always possible or feasible to employ additional personnel. In this situation, you can rely on experience and professional approach of Comarch specialists, which are at your service within Comarch Software Development Outsourcing.

Based on chosen pricing, location or cooperation scope, three base Software Development Outsourcing models can be distinguished:

• Body Leasing - service of delegating Comarch specialists to work on tasks fully defined by the Client.
• Clear-Box Projects - Comarch services can be treated as a box for which the input is a set of requirements and output is a ready product, conforming to the requirements. The process of production is fully transparent though, it can be subject to all kinds of activities of the Client. 
• Black-Box Projects - just like the Clear-Box Projects, these Comarch services can be treated as a box for which the input is a set of requirements and output is a ready product, conforming to the requirements. However, the production process takes place at Comarch premises, and the Client has no direct control. Quality of the results is strictly verified for conformance to the requirements and SLA metrics. 

Time & Materials - independent from the tasks performed, the price is based on the amount of time a Comarch specialist has consumed to realize them. Typically it is expressed in man-days. The man-day rate can differ depending on what the profile of the employee is. Payment for provided services is usually based on a monthly invoice issued after the calendar given month in which the outsourcing services were rendered.

Fixed-Price - a work-order (in other words, a project) is to be realized in conformance with agreed time-schedule and requirements. The end result must also meet desired quality which is measured with a dedicated system of metrics. The price is agreed in advance, before the actual work starts. It is based on estimation of effort - time and resources necessary to perform planned tasks. Price is fully transparent because unit cost of human resources is man-day rate. The price remains constant, even if actual work effort needed to realize the project on time is greater than expected. In addition, for obtaining results of the highest quality timely, a motivation system is usually introduced. For that purpose, variable part of the project price is related to the actually achieved level of the required quality metrics.

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