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IT offshoring to India does not always mean cost savings

20 June 2019
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Last Updated on 21 October 2025 at 09:30

I recently spoke with an IT Project Manager and the Global Strategy Director of a major B2B banking software company located in Switzerland.

They sincerely believed that the only way to reduce project costs in the IT industry was to

 

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Context

After careful consideration of

 

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A practical example

Let’s count a cost of

 

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Other hidden costs

Provided that the process and Capability

 

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Other factors

Some might argue that the

 

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Possible solutions:

 

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Conclusion

The competitive

 

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Note: This article was first published on the Insights blog of the ConsultingTeam.Solutions website and presented as LinkedIn Expertise. The article is fully reproduced here as per the original form.

Elena Debbaut is a strategic execution expert to boards and executive teams. She leads and advises on complex transformations when governance barriers, internal politics, or structural fragmentation prevent organizations from executing critical decisions.

Specialities:

• governance-constrained transformation
• operational restructuring
• strategic recovery & execution