Resources: Insourcing and Project Members
Explore resource management strategies in large Agile projects, focusing on insourcing, outsourcing, and the distinct roles of full-time and part-time project members. Understand how external consultants contribute and how to effectively allocate team members' time for better project outcomes.
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No matter how large the company and the project is, the team is almost never made up only of internal staff. So, although we can assume that the company has enough staff to not hire outside people, management will often find reasons why insourcing or outsourcing is required. When insourcing, individual external resources are contracted, often for the duration of the project. These external resources are always located on-site. When outsourcing, parts of the project are developed by a different company, usually off-site. Eventually, the company will do both insourcing and outsourcing.
Moreover, the problem often exists that staff members sometimes work on several projects in parallel. For example, they maintain an older system while developing another new system. This means that they are ...