This document provides questions to consider when choosing a software development company. It asks about determining project needs like required team size and skills, the pros and cons of using domestic versus offshore developers, how choices might impact estimation, communication and delivery, and defining the project scope, metrics, budget and parameters. It also suggests verifying the potential vendor understands requirements fully and can communicate effectively with stakeholders.

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Questions to ask while choosing
a software company

2. What kind of team do
I really need?

3. Have I considered
pros & cons of
nearshoring vs offshoring?

4. Am I aware that my choices
may affect project:
• Estimation
• Communication
• Delivery

5. Do I want to hire a company
from my own country, a country
relatively close to mine or does
distance not matter to me?

6. Do I know what I want to
accomplish with my project?

7. What's the scale of the project?
What needs to be done, where
it will feature, how, who’s
involved?

8. What metrics define
my succes?

9. How much is my organisation
willing to spend?

10. Have I communicated and
defined my project parameters?

11. Did the team understand
instructions down to
finest detail?

12. Does my IT Development
team speak my language?

13. Am I prepared to execute
the project?

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