Bleum Whitepapers
  • Testing Beyond Technology: How to Maximize Testing Productivity
    December 2008 In today's environment of increased consumer expectations, plummeting cycle times and intense global competition, testing has become a critical component of technological and business success. How can businesses accurately anticipate issues with testing environments and automated products, keep up with the explosive pace of web-enabled deployment and retain satisfactory test coverage while reducing risks?
    • Executive Summary
    • Issues with Testing Environments
    • Issues with Testing Automation Products
    • The Solution: Maximize Testing Productivity
    • Conclusion
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  • Measuring the Success of Testing Teams: Establishing Metrics for Offshore Testing
    May 2008As the market for outsourced software testing matures, customers are seeking greater cost savings and accountability from their offshore partners. Agreeing on clearly defined metrics in the initial stages of the engagement will provide a framework for both the customer and vendor to strive for a successful relationship. This paper defines two sets of metrics for measuring the success of an offshore testing partnership. One focuses on measuring the success of an entire offshore testing team, while the other highlights the metrics that define the readiness of a project to be released.
    • Executive Summary
    • Background
    • Project Metrics
    • ODC Metrics
    • Conclusion
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  • Managing a Talent Pool Spoilt for Choice - Attracting, Growing and Retaining Staff in China
    September 2006As the competition for critical talent heats up in China, organizations need to re-thing the ways in which they attract, retain and grow talent. This paper provides a number of interesting strategies on how IT outsourcing companies based in China can effectively compete against large global and well-known Chinese companies in the war for talent.
    • Background
    • Competitive environment
    • The size of the talent pool
    • Attrition - why?
    • Today's young Chinese consumers
    • Tapping into motivators
    • Conclusion
    • Sources
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  • How To Do It Right - Setting Up An Offshore Development Center
    May 2006As offshore outsourcing plays an increasingly strategic role in a company's operating model, and as offshore vendors have become more closely integrated within an industry's value chain, companies are establishing more strategic relationships with their vendors. Setting up an ODC (Offshore Development Center) is one of the operating models used in these strategic partnerships. This paper will describe what an ODC is, what the benefits are to an organization of the ODC model and due diligence required when setting up a ODC with a supplier organization.
    • Executive Summary
    • Background
    • Benefits of an ODC
    • Guidelines for Vendor Selection
    • ODC Set Up
    • Critical to Success
    • Sources
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  • IP Protection in China: From An Outsourcing Perspective
    February 2006IP Protection is one of the key concerns executives have when considering outsourcing to China. An intelligent and well executed strategy in IP protection can reap enormous benefits. The strategy can be centered around three key pillars: selection of the proper offshore model, due diligence on offshore providers ' internal IP protection policies and systems and strict vendor selection guidelines. Achieving the right mix of operational, cultural, and legal considerations is difficult, but companies that understand these aspects are more likely to be successful in China. This white paper provides insights on how to protect your firm's intellectual property when outsourcing IT services to China.
    • Executive Summary
    • Litigation Is No Substitute for Strategy
    • Choosing the Right Offshore Model
    • Selecting the Safe Outsourcing Vendor
    • Sources
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  • Why Outsource to China?
    November 2005China is fast emerging as one of the world's leading suppliers of offshore IT outsourcing services. While India is the uncontested leader of offshore outsourcing globally today, China is quickly closing the gap and is the best alternative for large scale, high quality development services. "China is the hotspot right now, obviously for its enormous market opportunity. says Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio. "If you 're a technology company and you 're not thinking about China, then you 're already behind. This paper will look at the market forces driving buyers to look at China, the advantages China outsourcing offers as well as the challenges China faces supplying outsourcing services to the Western world.
    • Why China?
    • India is Overheating Now
    • Challenges for China
    • The long Term Outlook
    • Case Study
    • Sources
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