The Offshoring Elephant in the Room

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The Offshoring Elephant in the Room

Turnover

Journal Article (2020)

Author(s)

Darja Smite (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona)

Rini van Solingen (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Panagiota Chatzipetrou (Software Research Engineering Lab, Karlskrona)

Research Group

Software Engineering

Offshoring Attrition Turnover Global software development Global software engineering Hidden costs

DOI related publication

https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2018.2886179 Final published version

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Publication Year

2020

Language

English

Research Group

Software Engineering

Journal title

IEEE Software

Issue number

3

Volume number

37

Article number

8664169

Pages (from-to)

54-62

Downloads counter

131

Abstract

Staffing software projects with engineers from inexpensive locations has become commonplace. However, distributed development remains practically challenging because of recurring problems, e.g., decreased productivity, low quality, and high, unforeseen costs. Although it is often overlooked, one of the main underlying reasons for these challenges is high employee turnover. This might be especially noticeable in developing countries with strong economic growth such as India. This article examines turnover of Indian software engineers and introduces strategies to address it.