Out-tasking

[Rajah Nagur]

I came to know that something new has been added to the existing list :->
offshore, onshore, nearshore , outsourcing and the new one is outtasking.

Can anybody throw more light on this? Is there any methodology followed for outtasking? Any links..
[ September 06, 2006: Message edited by: Rajah Nagur ]

[Pavan Kumar gorakavi]

check this website, you can get an idea about it.

http://www.outtasking.net/about.php

[Rajah Nagur]

Thanks Pavan. I had already seen this.

Anymore insights ?

[Ilja Preuss]

http://out-tasking.com/ provides a little bit more concrete info.

Found it by googling for "what is outtasking"...
[ September 07, 2006: Message edited by: Ilja Preuss ]

[Rajah Nagur]

Thanks Ilja.

I also had googled with "What is outtasking" but could not get this site.

Google results with keyword "outtasking" differ a lot with "out-tasking".

[Atul Shinkar]

Hi Rajah Nagur! I would also like to add the benifits & pitfalls of outtasking.

Benifits:
You can be very selective, engaging only those firms with very deep expertise in that area. And because you're not putting all your eggs in one basket, you can move things around, without disrupting the whole outtasking environment. Also the technology is changing very rapidly, and there's a shortage of IT resources. The truth is, no organization can afford to do everything that it would like to do with technology, and if it could, it couldn't act fast enough. Ultimately, you want what-ever resources you can get to be focused where they are going to add the most value to the organization.

Pitfalls:
Sometimes you don't get service levels you want. Or you run the risk of not having any knowledge base if you abruptly terminate the relationship and need to manage [the outtasked function] yourself. There could also be the perception that the service is too costly. The pendulum keeps swinging back and forth: We can do it better and cheaper if we do it ourselves; then again, we can do it better and cheaper if we pay someone else to do it.


Hope it helps.

Regards,
Atul.

[Rajah Nagur]

Thanks Atul. The dust is settling down.
Few more questions:

* Do you any practical experience about out-tasking?
* Any thoughts on what would be the execution model for an onsite-offshore mode? I mean how out-tasking can be leveraged in onsite/offshore mode?
* What would be the timelines for each task? Does the task run into some hours or can it be days ?
* Any examples.

If I find any info I will also update this post.

Thanks.