Crowdsourcing IT Projects (New model for IT outsourcing)
Sahil (Sal) Sarosh Founder and CEO CrowdPlat, Inc.
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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.
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Crowdsourcing Trends
Crowdsourcing Industry Revenue Growth Crowdsourcing segments
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IT Outsourcing
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Outsourcing vs. Crowdsourcing
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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/
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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
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Enterprise Projects need…
• Accountability
• Security & Reliability
• Quality Guarantee
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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)
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Accountability
• Qualified Project Manager
• CompeAAon for the Project
• Proto-‐type or Project Brief
• Ranking and RaAng system
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Security & Reliability
• Crowd experts peer review
• Third party open source scanning tools • Third party raAng systems
• Proprietary algorithms
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Quality Guarantee
• Third party crowdsourcing tools • Performance benchmark tests
• TesAng criteria defined upfront
• Add a human element; trusted person
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Sample Vendor Engagement
Crowdsourced Development
Crowdsourced TesAng
Automated ValidaAon
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Maintenance OpAons
• Crowd-‐sourced maintenance
-‐ Available for limited hours/week
• No Access to ProducAon Data
• Flexible schedule and cost opAons
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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….
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Crowdsourcing is the future
Embrace It
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CrowdPlat Inc.
www.cOutsource.com
cOutsource
Enterprise Crowdsourcing Plaqorm
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Q & A