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IT Outsourcing

4 Courses
6 Hours
Skill IQ

Are you a project manager or a team lead that wants to learn the specific concepts and skills needed to lead an outsourcing or offshoring IT project? This Path is for IT line managers and project managers who want to learn best practices and how outsourcing and offshoring can lead to huge benefits in their organization. In this path, you will go from starting an outsourcing project and selecting the right sourcing strategy, to selecting and contracting the right vendor to running an outsourced or off-shored project while ensuring that you protect yourself from inherent risks specific to outsourcing and offshoring. Whether it is selecting the right vendor, double checking the vendor contract, or managing a cross-cultural distributed team, these courses will provide you with the necessary knowledge to confidently begin on your next outsourcing project.

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What You'll Learn
  • How to prepare your organization for outsourcing and select the right outsourcing strategy
  • How to select the right vendor for your project and create a good vendor contract
  • How to run an outsourcing project with different time zones and cross-cultural teams
  • How to identify and counter outsourcing and offshoring related risks
Prerequisites
  • This Path encompasses the different concepts of outsourcing and offshoring from a project management perspective. Some fundamental knowledge of project management, risk management, and leading teams will be useful when watching these courses.
Related topics
  • PRINCE2®
  • PMP®
  • Project Management
  • Cloud Computing
  • Software Development
  • Risk Management
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