crowdsourcing it projects - a new model for outsourcing

Crowdsourcing IT Projects (New model for IT outsourcing)

Sahil (Sal) Sarosh Founder and CEO CrowdPlat, Inc.

InformaAonal only; private and confidenAal

IntroducAon

What is crowdsourcing?

– Crowdsourcing is the process of geIng work or funding, usually online, from a crowd of people.

– The word is a combinaAon of the words 'crowd' and 'outsourcing'. The idea is to take work and outsource it to a crowd of workers.


Crowdsourcing Trends

Crowdsourcing Industry Revenue Growth Crowdsourcing segments

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IT Outsourcing


Outsourcing vs. Crowdsourcing

Source: lionbridge.com InformaAonal only; private and confidenAal

Why Now? •  Talent pool expansion

18 million developers in the world (~30 million developers by 2020)

•  Cost arbitrage Basic Consumer iPad App Development Cost: $10,000 (+/-‐ 20%) Simple Enterprise iPad App Development Cost: $50,000 (+/-‐ 20%)

•  ExperAse You have direct influence on resources Opportunity to pick all A+ players

Source: 1)  hMp://qz.com/65279/40-‐of-‐americas-‐workforce-‐will-‐be-‐freelancers-‐by-‐2020/ 2)  hMp://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-‐technology/there-‐are-‐185-‐million-‐sohware-‐developers-‐in-‐the-‐

world-‐but-‐which-‐country-‐has-‐the-‐most/ 3)  hMp://www.propelics.com/ipad-‐app-‐development-‐cost-‐a-‐breakdown/


Quote

•  Companies are under tremendous pressure to develop and deploy mobile apps for their business systems, yet the tradiAonal approach to mobile app development typically costs $250K+ and takes 6+ months for a single app.

– Kevin Benedict, Senior Analyst, Cognizant

InformaAonal only; private and confidenAal Source: hMp://www.formotus.com/14018/blog-‐mobility/figuring-‐the-‐costs-‐of-‐custom-‐mobile-‐business-‐app-‐development

Enterprise Projects need…

•  Accountability

•  Security & Reliability

•  Quality Guarantee


What can be crowdsourced.. •  Non-‐mission criAcal applicaAons and system projects

•  Projects that require resources to execute, but have limited budget

•  Projects that have well defined specificaAon (or something that can be iterated through quickly)

•  Projects that require innovaAon (or quick proto-‐type)


Accountability

•  Qualified Project Manager

•  CompeAAon for the Project

•  Proto-‐type or Project Brief

•  Ranking and RaAng system


Security & Reliability

•  Crowd experts peer review

•  Third party open source scanning tools •  Third party raAng systems

•  Proprietary algorithms


Quality Guarantee

•  Third party crowdsourcing tools •  Performance benchmark tests

•  TesAng criteria defined upfront

•  Add a human element; trusted person


Sample Vendor Engagement

Crowdsourced Development

Crowdsourced TesAng

Automated ValidaAon


Maintenance OpAons

•  Crowd-‐sourced maintenance

-‐ Available for limited hours/week

•  No Access to ProducAon Data

•  Flexible schedule and cost opAons


RelaAonship Based

•  Repeat work for beMer performers

•  Small veMed crowd for all your needs

•  InnovaAon and experAse when you need it

•  It is business as usual….


Crowdsourcing is the future

Embrace It


CrowdPlat Inc.

www.cOutsource.com

cOutsource

Enterprise Crowdsourcing Plaqorm

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