Succinctly, Outsourcing occurs when when the organization’s project activities are carried out by a provider outside the organization.  It is very common practice within global projects – especially information technology projects.

1.  Please discuss the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing project resources from the perspective of the following control functions for a global project manager :

– Ability to manage and control project costs,

– Ability to maintain management control of all project resources,

– Ability to improve project resource skills, competencies and training.