Computer Outsourcing Book

To help you take advantage of computer outsourcing, this book offers an easy way to set up and manage a profitable outsourcing arrangement. Step by step, you'll see how to weave together the three areas critical to successful management of outsourcing: business concerns, computers, and computer law. For easy use, the book contains 32 chapters organized into three parts. Part I delivers a comprehensive introduction to outsourcing, including how to take advantage of outsourcing's myriad advantages and avoid its disadvantages ... how to locate vendors right for your situation ... and how to spot vendor strategies that may be costly for you. Part II delivers sweeping coverage of the day-to-day management of an outsourcing arrangement, taking you through the actual transfer of your existing operations to the outsourcer. You'll learn how to manage the vendor and how to terminate your outsourcing relationship in a way that's best for your business. Part III covers all the details of an outsourcing contract, including sample contract provisions and full discussions of each provision. And a valuable appendix gives you a handy glossary of terms, as well as a Sample Outsourcing Contract.