G
Graham
Hi,
I'm a software manager of a small firm in Cambridgeshire in the UK.
The commercial wolves within the company are closing in with their
limited chequebooks and saying they want a medium sized product
offering out by
first quarter 2005.
This leaves me with a headache.
I would like to retain development expertise in house for reasons of
maintenance. However, we are not experienced in Java, and we want to
re-write
our Oracle forms application suite on this platform.
Does anybody have any insights, practical experience of the pros of
cons
of outsourcing Vs bringing in an external consultant and trying to
build
a team. If so, what kind of time constraints were they were working
under
and costs etc..
In addition, does anybody have any practical experience of converting
a
relational database structure to fit the Java Object Orientated model.
TIA
Graham Lucas
I'm a software manager of a small firm in Cambridgeshire in the UK.
The commercial wolves within the company are closing in with their
limited chequebooks and saying they want a medium sized product
offering out by
first quarter 2005.
This leaves me with a headache.
I would like to retain development expertise in house for reasons of
maintenance. However, we are not experienced in Java, and we want to
re-write
our Oracle forms application suite on this platform.
Does anybody have any insights, practical experience of the pros of
cons
of outsourcing Vs bringing in an external consultant and trying to
build
a team. If so, what kind of time constraints were they were working
under
and costs etc..
In addition, does anybody have any practical experience of converting
a
relational database structure to fit the Java Object Orientated model.
TIA
Graham Lucas