In Switzerland, companies that outsource their software/web development nearshore outnumber those that transfer their software development function offshore by almost twice.
The Top Three reasons why Swiss companies choose to outsource their software/web development are: to reduce operating costs; difficulty finding necessary resources within home country and pressure from investors/executive management to cut costs.
Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 solutions remain the most outsourced ones among the Swiss companies.
Low costs, available IT talent pool and positive references are The Top Three factors impacting the choice of the Outsourcing destination and vendor by the Swiss companies.
The Top Three challenges of the outsourced software/web development among the Swiss outsourcers are: delayed delivery, poor project management quality from the vendor’s side and cultural difference.
The majority of the Swiss companies report 10%-24% actual savings from the outsourced development.
The majority of the Swiss companies believe that outsourcing their software/web development has been the right decision.
Most of the Swiss outsourcing companies do not know the exact salaries of each of their team members on the outsourced development team, meaning that their current ITO engagement does not allow them to have 100% managerial control of project teams and costs associated with Outsourcing.
