Offshore software Development Communication plan

Offshore Development Expertise

"Custom Soft is a professional and goal oriented company delivering quality product on time."

- Jim Wilson(CEO) Top IT Company, USA

USA, UK, Canada, Australia, France, Netherland, Germany, New Zealand, Italy, Singapore, Malaysia.

Offshore software Development Communication plan defines the interaction between the offshore team members and the Client team associated with the project.

List of the important contact ways and phone numbers of the various Custom Soft and client team members.
The planned communication methods and techniques.
The templates to be used for the planned communications.

A typical Offshore Development Communication plan :
Type of Communication	Frequency of Communication	Mode of Communication	Who Initiates	Objective of communication
Client Status Meeting	Weekly, Day, and Time TBD	Face to face	Custom Soft Lead for Client	Standard status meeting with predefined agenda
Offshore project Status Update	Every Week, on Monday morning, Describing the status of the previous week	e-mail	site Project manager	Describes the general progress of work on the project by the Custom Soft Team. The update will include both onshore and offshore
Working Sessions	As needed	Internet Messenger Meeting / Teleconference with offshore in mornings. If needed conduct Videoconference with offshore.	Lead Designers	Should be conducted in the mornings if Offshore needs to be involved
Project Announcements	As needed	Internet Messenger Meeting / Teleconference with offshore in mornings.	Client PM	Used to inform development teams about general information on the project.
Project Issues	As needed	Internet Messenger Meeting / Teleconference with offshore in mornings.	Client PM	Used to record and track project issues on an ongoing basis.
* TBD = To be Defined