subject: Off Shoring Software Development to India - For Better Cost, Innovation & Quality in Software Development [print this page] Off Shoring Software Development to India - For Better Cost, Innovation & Quality in Software Development
In past few decades offshore software development companies in India have witnessed a glorified rise and many companies have become globally recognized offshore software development giant both in terms of head count as well as successful delivery of mega projects. This meteoric rise of India as a software development outsourcing giant is not accidental. Many factors especially budding young technical graduates, continual investment by public and private sector in educational infrastructure, favorable changes in government policies, globalization of the economy and the spirit of entrepreneurship among the Indians helped India to take a lead in software outsourcing services industry.
During the early phase of outsourcing of software development, the decision making factor behind choosing Indian companies was the significantly low cost of development with the same efficiency. India also benefited from the offshoring trend as it had a large pool of English speaking people. ( Reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshoring#IT_Services_offshoring)
On getting opportunities combined with the vision of entrepreneurs and conducive work environment, offshore software development companies in India quickly built a reputation not only for their outstanding programming skills but also proved their prudence in project management.
Not only did offshore software development companies in India nurture favorable business environment culture, they also met customer expectations commitment in terms of timely deliveries and quality standards. A majority of Indian companies have successfully cleared the quality benchmarks set by organizations like ISO, BVQI, CMMI etc. The certifications by the quality organizations further strengthened the confidence of the global clients in Indian software companies' capabilities to handle mission critical projects. No wonder a large number of successful projects have either their roots or their stems in India.
Armed with the initial success, software development companies in India generously invested in talent development, infrastructure development, adopting new technologies and also quickly standardized their human resource policies that fostered a superior business culture for innovation, creativity and commitment to quality.
This customer-focused investment in setting up processes, communication protocols and security guidelines, resulted in breakthrough of Indian companies from software programming vendors to a partner who worked shoulder to shoulder in critical areas like software architecture, research and development, and technology innovation. Consequently, many fortune 500 companies in the business of software and IT have set up their R&D Centers in India.
Invigorated with the success story of India many other countries have also started taking initiatives for setting up software development infrastructure. However, by the time India has already moved way beyond from being a software development hub for low cost development to a place for quality and innovative software development.
Although offshore software development companies in India offer competitive pricing, however, the focus of outsourcing to India has seen a visible shift from being a cheaper software programming to a destination that offers quality-oriented innovative and creative solutions in all walks of software development.
