Resources: Archives — Past Meetings 2004

What does the growing trend of "Offshoring" product development resources outside of the U.S. mean to product management and product development professionals here in the United States? How will the product development function be impacted including differences in culture, language, and time zones in separating teams from the rest of the organization?

Offshore Outsourcing is not a new concept and, the Gartner Group reported that 80 percent of U.S. executive boardrooms would have discussed it by end of this year.

Panelists:

Ashvin Kamaraju, Senior Director, Engineering of VERITAS

Lou Marzano, Sr. Director, Engineering Services & ODM Platforms Wireless Infrastructure Division of Symbol Technologies, Inc.

Umberto Miletti, CTO, Convergys/DigitalThink

Clay A. Bullwinkel, Founder and President of HealthyMe

Anita Rao, VP Product Development Blueroads Software

Moderated by: Manoj Kumar, Principal of PRTM

The panelists will address the following issues:

• Major criteria to address when considering offshoring of Product Development
• Management techniques and processes that best support success in this context
• How managers can allay concerns over job relocation and migration
• Impacts to the role of Product Management and Product Development professionals in the U.S.