Outsourcing Practices for Guaranteeing Project Success Video Course

Curriculum For This Course

• 1. Introduction to the course (39 minutes) 4 Videos 00:38:29
  • Course Overview 06:54
  • What is outsourcing? 06:10
  • What you should outsource and what you should not 11:54
  • Planning your budget and estimating costs 11:57
• 2. Getting started (70 minutes) 7 Videos 01:09:46
  • Where to find outsourcing firms and freelancers 07:13
  • Introduction to Elance 19:13
  • Going further in-depth with Elance 02:26
  • Introduction to UpWork 19:21
  • Going further in-depth with Upwork 05:35
  • Introduction to Freelancer 08:44
  • Using alternative techniques and platforms to find contractors 05:22
• 3. Diving deeper (63 minutes) 5 Videos 01:02:33
  • Planning your subcontracting strategy 08:06
  • Deciding between a firm or a freelancer 19:34
  • Country profiles & how to pick your ideal combination 18:16
  • The relationship between Price & Autonomy 07:49
  • The Goldilocks syndrome 07:21
• 4. Posting expertise (67 minutes) 5 Videos 01:06:60
  • Writing a title that attracts the right bids 08:47
  • Hands on with writing titles 12:21
  • Writing the perfect description 10:48
  • Getting hands on with writing descriptions 14:53
  • Getting the settings right 18:45
• 5. Strategies for minimizing costs and time (54 minutes) 9 Videos 00:53:35
  • Rapid cycling posts 04:36
  • The $50 test 03:56
  • The "Keyer" question strategy 07:24
  • Repeating the project back to you 03:54
  • Getting them off the platform 04:04
  • The long term strategy 05:17
  • Using messaging to your advantage 06:57
  • Fixed rate vs per hour? Use our technique instead 09:10
  • The Specializations strategy 06:07
• 6. Best practices (74 minutes) 10 Videos 01:14:09
  • 5 pillars for evaluating contractors 16:15
  • 6 red flags for contractors 07:33
  • How important is site reputation? 04:34
  • Understanding your response rate 04:22
  • How to handle extra work and specifications 01:52
  • What is good? Avoid this trap 08:45
  • How to treat referrals 02:58
  • Is outsourcing a long term solution? 05:39
  • Legality with outsourcing 10:39
  • Outsourcing & Protecting your IP 08:57
• 7. Documentation (98 minutes) 10 Videos 01:37:50
  • Creating an overview 05:35
  • Creating a functions list 10:13
  • Example: Creating our functions list 10:16
  • Adding pages 19:31
  • Creating the user section 11:07
  • Creating the parameters list 10:33
  • Adding comments 02:33
  • Intro to Balsamiq 19:31
  • Going further with Balsamiq 03:08
  • An example site made in Balsamiq 03:04
• 8. Selecting the right person (41 minutes) 4 Videos 00:41:25
  • What to look for in their language 09:28
  • Further analyzing language 13:43
  • The response rate test 06:13
  • Dissecting their bid amount 10:51
• 9. Internal management skills (23 minutes) 2 Videos 00:22:26
  • Getting acquainted with Asana, the king of project management tools 12:10
  • Going further with Asana 09:46
• 10. Bug hunting (19 minutes) 4 Videos 00:18:27
  • Becoming a bug hunting master 10:48
  • Bug hunting on mobile 04:43
  • Some thoughts on bug hunting 01:23
  • TIP: Accelerate your testing this way 00:33
• 11. Common scenarios and how to handle them (39 minutes) 6 Videos 00:38:45
  • Low quality work 05:54
  • Missing Deadlines 08:01
  • Repeatedly missing bugs 05:51
  • They ask for money upfront 04:57
  • They bid and disappear 03:59
  • Contractor raises their price 07:49