Supplying a hands-on executive tool kit, Offshore Software Development: Making It Work draws on real life examples and explores the lessons learned from firms such as Verizon, Citigroup, JP Morgan Stanley, and individuals experienced in offshore outsourcing. Each chapter introduces a key set of concepts and illustrates them with a real world business case based upon a member of the Interest Group. The book shows how to understand the market, how to identify the benefits of offshore outsourcing, cut costs by outsourcing e-business and software applications offshore, how to mitigate risks, and how to create and appropriate global sourcing strategy.