Vision Decision Evaluation Service

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Frances Mann-Craik
Mann-Craik & Associates
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ACCELERANCE INTRODUCES VISION DECISION EVALUATION SERVICE FOR IN-HOUSE VS. OUTSOURCED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Steve Mezak, Accelerance CEO, Applies Expert Business & Analytical Tools to Evaluate Political, Business and Technical Impacts of Outsourcing Decisions

Redwood City, CA, July 27, 2004 – Accelerance™, an expert outsourcing consultancy, today announced a new service, Vision Decisionsm, designed to evaluate the pros-and-cons of in-house versus outsourced product development. Substantial savings from outsourcing are well documented, but what about the risk of making a costly mistake? Vision Decision leverages Accelerance’s years of software development and outsourcing experience to provide an objective analysis, using 17 critical criteria, incorporating political, business and technical issues that
software development organizations must consider in making their engineering resource decisions. The Vision Decision analysis is fully integrated with Accelerance’s other core advisory services: Vision Resourcessm (outsourced development team selection), Vision Successsm (managed software product development) and Vision Perfectsm (quality assurance).

The Vision Decision service was developed in response to clients’ frustration in determining the “best” approach to obtain and apply engineering resources to bring their software vision to life, while considering all of the stakeholders’ needs from an objective view. Accelerance works with clients to assess the importance to their organization of key aspects of the outsourcing decision. In addition to typical areas, such as budget and team size, the analysis considers other key success elements including employee morale and IP risk. The service evaluates the client’s score of each criteria, based on the individual organization, against six possible development resource options: in-house; blended in-house and outsourced; onshore outsourcing; offshore outsourcing; offshore build/operate/transfer (BOT) and offshore subsidiary. The Vision Decision report provides a custom comparison of development resource options and an action plan for moving product development forward.

“Vision Decision helped us confirm that in-house software development is a defensible choice in our situation,” said Vivek Swarnakar, vice president of engineering for Synarc, the world’s largest central radiology service for global clinical trials. “Vision Decision also clarified the issues and benefits of the various outsourcing options and determined that creating an offshore subsidiary, which we had been considering, does not make sense for us at this time. Vision Decision also made it clear that the cost savings of offshore outsourcing cannot be ignored, and make it a strong consideration for some of our projects.”

Vision Decision is available today from Accelerance with fees ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 depending on the size and scope of the project. Vision Decision easily integrates with Accelerance’s other services: Vision Resources for outsourced development team selection; Vision Success for managed software product development and Vision Perfect for outsourced quality assurance. The Vision services combine to remove risks, while delivering on the promise of outsourcing - decreased expenses and accelerated product development.

About Accelerance

Accelerance is an outsourcing consultancy and management firm providing software development organizations with the information and support they need to leverage outsourcing for maximum benefit. Accelerance’s Vision Services include: Vision Decision - assessment of the in-house versus outsourced development decision; Vision Resources - independent, global resource selection with more than a dozen affiliates employing over a thousand engineers; Vision Success - expert project execution; and Vision Perfect - quality assurance testing. Accelerance, located in Redwood City, California (the heart of the Silicon Valley), was founded in 2001 by Steve Mezak a veteran of numerous software development engagements both onshore and offshore. For more information, visit www.accelerance.com.