IT outsourcing has been on the rise the last several years, likely due to increasing costs of personnel and no reduction of the need to deliver. Find out how it can help you.

It seems that IT outsourcing has been on the rise the last several years. It's likely due to the economical crisis affecting the world in such a manner that in order to survive, the only choice many companies have is to outsource their work. As a proof of this are the thousands of online freelancing websites that have appeared on the internet - all of them offering companies and people who own a company the chance to outsource their work for much less money.

Usually people who outsource will save between fifty to one hundred percent on labor. On top of that, they no longer have to deal with having the right documents for an employee or paying taxes for him or her, as posting a project doesn't involve any of these. Professionals just bid on the project and the ones who qualify for the job are chosen as the winners. Another advantage of IT outsourcing is that on top of the low cost, companies get the job done on time or even faster than the specified deadline.

Generally outsourcing is considered a gold mine when outsourced to third world countries and other countries where labor is very cheap. This means they will get their projects completed at penny-rates compared to what they would normally need to pay. Online professionals can offer a range of services covering website design, network management, web hosting, search engine optimization, software enhancing, graphics design, logo design and many others. Working with professionals from different parts of the globe has been made easier and at the same time, doesn't even require the employer and employee to meet face to face.

How is it usually done ?

A set of instructions is provided to the freelancer who then follows then to deliver the project. Freelancer can be hired on an hourly basis or based on a certain fixed cost. The fixed-cost model is generally approached by companies that know what they're looking for and have a project that is well defined and has a short timeframe. The projects which don't have a fixed cost will generally have more flexibility and allow the freelancers to work in a more flexible way to deliver the expected results.

The offshore development model is a model that generally gets used for complex software development projects. This is a type of project where requirements are on a constant change and close communication is mandatory in order to complete it successfully.