Lecture

1. 5 MISTAKES IN
DEVELOPMENT
OUTSOURCING

2. ABOUT ME
Ron Gershinsky
Community Manager @ 500Tech

3. ABOUT US
500Tech - Web & Mobile Development
Outsourcing, Placement, Training, Consulting

4. # 1
GOING TO TRIAL WITHOUT A LAWYER

5. TAKE A TECH ADVISER WITH YOU

6. BAD ADVISER
Too much planning, Irrelevant technology

7. FIND TECHNICAL PEOPLE IN MEETUPS

8. #2 CHOOSING THE WRONG PROVIDER

9. WATCH OUT FOR RED FLAGS

10. UNREALISTIC SCHEDULES OR PRICING
Get many offers, wonder about those who stand out

11. WATCH FOR THOSE WHO JUST NOD!
You want your developers to ask questions

12. WHO'S GOING TO DEVELOP?
You don't want interns developing your product

13. #3 DEMANDING FIXED

14. FIXED = CONFLICT OF INTEREST
You want minimum effort they want maximum effort

15. FIXED = YOU PAY MORE
Success = you pay an extra margin
Failure = you pay extra to make it work

16. YOU WANT AGILE DEVELOPMENT
Agile means flexibility and working together
That can only happen with dynamic pricing

17. PRICES IN ISRAEL
200-300 / hour
350-400 / hour

18. PRICE = HOURLY * HOURS
The highly priced can be cost-effective :
200 per hour * 400 hours = 80,000
400 per hour * 100 hours = 40,000

19. #4 POOR COMMUNICATION

20. DON'T OVERDO
150 Pages is not a good design document for a startup

21. CONSULT WITH UX EXPERT
Their time will save you a lot of development hours

22. CREATE WIREFRAMES

23. WHO DO YOU TALK TO?
Make sure you can talk directly to your developers

24. KEEP UP TO DATE
Use project management software like trello or asana

25. SEE YOUR APP LIVE :
use a staging server or test flight to see your app

26. #5 NOT PLANNING FOR TOMORROW

27. BUG:
OMG! SOMETHING BROKE, WHO WILL SAVE
ME?

28. SUPPORT
WE NEED TWITTER CONNECT AND OTHER
FEATURES, WHO WILL DEVELOP THEM?

29. INFRASTRUCTURE
server is down, who maintains it, updates, security, storage, slow
communication

30. SOLUTIONS
Support Package (40 hours a month)
Hosting & Monitoring

31. THANK YOU!
ron@500tech.com
www.500tech.com
QUESTIONS?