• Title: I’m Working While They’re Sleeping: Time Zone Separation Challenges and Solutions
• Author: Erran Carmel, J. Alberto Espinosa
• Paperback: 186 pages
• Publisher: Nedder Stream Press (January 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0983992509
• ISBN-13: 978-0983992509

I’m involved in my fourth outsourcing effort, and this book is a must-read if you plan to off-shore.

There are so many good recommendations in this book and so many reminders of lessons learned the hard way… If you plan to off-shore, you should plan for some amount of time-shifting; the kinds of tools and amount of shifting depend on the type of work that will be shared or moved off-shore. It’s critical that everyone on the team learn, quickly, the implicit coordination abilities and expectations of team members.

I definitely recommend this book – I plan to hand it to some people at the office to read next week.