Articles written by Experts with offshore outsourcing experience

I will pay $10 - $30 for well written articles, case studies, HOWTO's/tutorials written by experts who have experience any of the topics below. The articles are to be written in english. I will pay you for the articles however, they are also an opportunity for your to display your knowledge and experience and to build your reputation in the outsourcing community. Articles are welcomed regardless of what software, operating system flavour you are using. Just tell us what your using and what you have done to get the results you want. Articles using cutting edge technologies and services like RentACoder, CvsDude and SubVersion & Eclipse when applied to outsourcing will be given a premium. Best Practice Share your experience if you have developed tools or techniques that work for you and your team for any of these topics. ( geographically dispersed team solutions preferred ) How to achieve high CMM Levels while development team is geographically dispersed. o) Managing Bugs/Issues/Change Requests o) Managing Changing Requirements o) Development / Integration Workspaces o) Unit Testing o) Deployment Process o) In your field, which are the top sites to source knowledge, components, tools, contacts from Outsourcing Experience The demand for companies to outsource work is there but they often get burnt trying. Sharing experiences of what works and best practices will reduce the risk of projects costing more than expected or failing entirely. Therefore more work( and higer wages ) will be for you the contractors. Tools, Services & Experience that share experience on whats working for outsourcing. o) Cultural barriers you've faced and how you overcame them ( eg. when yes means no.. ) o) Developer's perspective, what do they want o) Outsourcers perspective, what do they want o) What type of projects are most successful o) Tools to enhance communication o) Using open source tools and services to reduce costs o) Experience using web based services: RentACoder or ELance o) Experience using web based services: CvsDude ( especially SubVersion ) or other SCC providers o) Experience using web based services: Issue Trackers ## Deliverables You bid request must contain a summary of the article you would like to write. Html is acceptable just double check the tags and links The style of writing depends on the target audience. If you are writing topics for other developers then it can be more casual. If the audience is to be targetted to project managers or decision makers who are considering offshore development then it needs to be a more formal style. 1) Complete and fully-functional working program(s) in executable form as well as complete source code of all work done. 2) Deliverables must be in ready-to-run condition, as follows? (depending on the nature? of the deliverables): a)? For web sites or? other server-side deliverables intended to only ever exist in one place in the Buyer's environment--Deliverables must be installed by the Seller in ready-to-run condition in the Buyer's environment. b) For all others including desktop software or software the buyer intends to distribute: A software? installation package that will install the software in ready-to-run condition on the platform(s) specified in this bid request. 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal Agreement). ## Platform Html