Building software teams in Poland - August 2010

These days we often discuss global markets and the software industry is one of the leaders of the changing course of the global economy. This should not be surprising when we consider that you do not need to worry about logistics when sending a product (a piece of software) from India to the US.

Outsourcing, off-shoring, near-shoring and distributed teams have quickly become the bread and butter for managers working in the software industry. After all, why would anyone throw away the chance to lower labour costs? The point is that these savings do not come for free. Whilst the cost of additional communication was anticipated, managers also quickly learned there are cultural differences and local market specifics which should also be taken into consideration.