RoR Outsourcing Checklist
Again someone asked a great question on LinkedIn and it inspired me to blog my opinions here… 
So the question is “Should you look for anything in particular when outsourcing a RoR project?”
And my answer goes like this …
Yup! one should look for at least these things in particular :
1. Obvious one, Company has enough expertise on RoR. Should have successfully developed and deployed a few RoR projects. Having said that, I would like to state that if you are technical guy Or you have extreme confidence in your outsourcing partner you can still get your RoR project outsourced to even first timers. That’s exactly how I got my first one.
2. Company has sound experience in Web 2.0 - Coz RoR is mostly not a standalone solution. The team should be well equipped with other open source technology experts like Linux (scripting and admin), MySQL, Repo mgmnt, Issue tracking and PM tools, JavaScript, Ajax, Flex etc. You should make sure that these experts are available to help/assist the core RoR development team part time.
3. Company has sound experience in Agile methodologies, otherwise it wastes a lot of time to get them out of conventional ways of development.
This along with normal outsourcing checklist should complete your analysis before outsourcing your IT.
Happy Outsourcing!
