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Are you worried about the huge amount of IT work being outsourced? Do you feel insecure before taking up a course in computers, because most of the work is being outsourced? Well, then this article is dedicated to you and all those who share the same fears. 

Why Outsourcing? 

• Outsourcing allows a company to shift the entire focus on the core-activities without being distracted by non-core tasks.
   

• Reorganizes a development process
   

• Risk is reduced as the number of minds working on a project increases.
   

• Reliability factor increases.
   

• The companies also get to tap the potential that other countries have, which is possible only by outsourcing some of their work to them.
   

• Quality of a product becomes better.
   

• Makes the business more flexible to demand.

 Disadvantages of Outsourcing

There are a large number of factors that makes outsourcing a risky game. Some of them are -

• Competitive Disadvantage: Outsourcing is allowing others to carry out your work.  This not only makes others a part of your project but also know about the technology being used for it. This is the reason why copying products is becoming simpler. It is almost equivalent to making your competitors develop your strategy.

• Loss of Control: Outsourcing results in the sharing of control with the other company. This not only cuts down on authority but also leads to confusions in terms of quality and development of product.

• Dependence: This is perhaps the biggest disadvantage of outsourcing. For internal needs, one has to depend on the outer resources. There is a difference in terms of knowledge, potential and understanding. And outsourcing increases the dependence on outside resource.

• Trust: Outsourcing creates a feeling of insecurity in the in-house employees. Thus, the employee attrition rate increases.

• Reliability: Since the entire development process is not done in-house certain discrepancies can creep in. Thus the reliability factor also suffers.