Secrets of the Game Business (Game Development Series)

Additional benefits of offshore outsourcing can be summarized as follows:

• On-budget delivery. Contracts for outsourcing are commonly milestone driven, with set payments for specific work, so you can rest assured that the project will respect the original budget.

• Reduced operating costs. You can hire outsourcing solutions on an as-needed basis, instead of paying full-time staff during downtimes.

• Access to specialized skills. You don't need to train your team with a specific technology or methodology; you can simply hire a specialized team that can do the work.

• Access to preexisting code, tools, and libraries. Your development time will be shorter because you will gain access to the contracted developer's in-house tools and libraries, with the additional benefit that the programmers will already be familiar with them.