This development inexperience led to a series of rookie blunders: formatting every database field within the back-end components as "string" (only to reformat them back at the interface); disallowing punctuation in a comment field because the documentation called for "alphanumeric"; and not asking for guidance when faced with difficult coding decisions.
Root Cause #2 -- Overemphasis On Process
I never thought I would say that an offshore vendor is too process-dependent. I had always listed this vendor's quality and process focus as a strength--and it can be. But process by itself can't assure project success, and documentation can't substitute for domain expertise.
Like a contract manufacturing plant, the offshore model is designed to funnel any and all projects through a labyrinth of processes and internal controls so that novice employees who don't know anything about a customer's business can achieve acceptable results.
The problem is that you can't factory-produce this kind of software. Developing software is more like team surgery, where competency, experience, group chemistry and knowledge of the patient go a lot further than a set of processes for how the surgery should be performed.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
