German IT Outsourcing vs In-House Software Development Report 2012

European IT Outsourcing Market Intelligence

European IT Outsourcing Intelligence Report: Germany

2012

Prepared by IT Sourcing Europe Limited based on the results of the 3d Annual German IT Outsourcing versus In-House Software Development Survey 2012

European IT Outsourcing Intelligence Report: Germany 2012

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CONTENTS

.............................................................................................................................. 3 ABOUT THE SURVEY

........................................................................................................................ 4 RESPONDENTS PROFILE

.......... 6 GERMAN IT OUTSOURCING 2012: DESTINATIONS, TRENDS, CHALLENGES, PROBLEM SOLVING

..................................................................................................... 10 CLIENT – VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS

.................................................................................. 13 OUTSOURCING COSTS & COST EFFECTIVENESS

.............................................................................................. 14 OUTSOURCING IMPRESSIONS & PLANS

......................................................... 15 IN-HOUSE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS & CHALLENGES

.......................................................................................................... 18 FUTURE USE OF OUTSOURCING



ABOUT THE SURVEY

The German IT Outsourcing versus In-House Software Development Survey 2012 was conducted in

November 2012 in the frames of the 3d Annual All-European IT Outsourcing research.

Survey goals:

Explore factors that drive German companies to outsource their software development / IT

function(s) onshore, nearshore and/or offshore

Identify key challenges of the outsourced and in-house software / web development

Benchmark the current and future demands for IT outsourcing services across diverse

industries

Benchmark the current and future demands for IT resources within Germany

Find out which business model works best for the outsourced software development and

why

Compare and contrast the actual incurred versus contracted costs of ITO services

Explore the current level of satisfaction with ITO service providers and quality of delivered

software products/services

Explore factors keeping German companies away from adopting IT Outsourcing

Explore the key challenges and problem solving best practices adopted by German

companies that develop / manage their software solutions in-house.

The survey was available online and hosted by SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading provider of web-

based survey solutions. In order to reach as many German companies as possible, IT Sourcing Europe

used its own database of business contacts and sent out a survey invitation email to each company’s

decision maker(s) (C-level executives, IT Managers, Directors, Heads of Software Development, etc).

Additionally, inbound marketing initiatives were launched in order to attract more companies to

participate in the survey. In the frames of this initiative, the following steps were taken:

Online press releases and survey announcements distribution;

Survey localization and optimization in social media such as LinkedIn, XING, Facebook,

Twitter, Word Press

Number of survey participants – 764 German companies, of which 398 were IT / software

development outsourcing companies and 366 – companies developing their IT / software solutions

internally.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/



RESPONDENTS PROFILE



GERMAN IT OUTSOURCING 2012: DESTINATIONS, TRENDS, CHALLENGES,

PROBLEM SOLVING



CLIENT – VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS



OUTSOURCING COSTS & COST EFFECTIVENESS



OUTSOURCING IMPRESSIONS & PLANS



IN-HOUSE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS & CHALLENGES



FUTURE USE OF OUTSOURCING



About IT Sourcing Europe IT Sourcing Europe is a UK-based market intelligence company specialized in the European IT Outsourcing market research and consultancy. IT Sourcing Europe provides:

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development functions and / or change their current ITO strategy / engagement Ad-Hoc ITO strategy development and full-cycle support

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