{"id":1846,"date":"2008-05-30T19:11:06","date_gmt":"2008-05-31T07:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/30\/project-perceptions\/"},"modified":"2008-05-30T19:19:39","modified_gmt":"2008-05-31T07:19:39","slug":"project-perceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/30\/project-perceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Project perceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just come across a funny cartoon describes a typical project and the perception according to each stakeholder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/attid01dispembviewattth1195264b3a4c6402gif.png\" title=\"typical project\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/attid01dispembviewattth1195264b3a4c6402gif.png?w=474\" alt=\"typical project\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This cartoon really describe my experience with the Indian contractors.\u00a0 My project description may not be perfect, but it seems the Indian guys always implement my requirement in an unexpected way.\u00a0 The outsourcing firm promised a lot but the code delivered are crab.\u00a0 I have to review every single line of their code to make sure nothing will blow up.\u00a0 The document is not very helpful, if it exists at all.\u00a0 The cost is pretty high, the outsourcing firm pockets 80% of our expense, only 20% go to the salary of the contractors.\u00a0 The support is patching, the time zone difference makes turn around time very slow.\u00a0 At the end, all i want is some working code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just come across a funny cartoon describes a typical project and the perception according to each stakeholder. 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