{"id":6796,"date":"2011-10-30T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T19:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2011-10-30T12:06:10","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T19:06:10","slug":"book-review-the-vested-outsourcing-manual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2011\/10\/30\/book-review-the-vested-outsourcing-manual\/","title":{"rendered":"Book review: The Vested Outsourcing Manual"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-6796\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Vested-Outsourcing-Manual-Successful-Agreements\/dp\/0230112684%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ575TFCTD2TUN5TQ%26tag%3Dalnathnuse-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0230112684\">The Vested Outsourcing Manual: A Guide for Creating Successful Business and Outsourcing Agreements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB002LFKYXU\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kate-Vitasek\/e\/B002LFKYXU\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1\">Kate Vitasek<\/a>, <a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB005CW42DM\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jacqui-Crawford\/e\/B005CW42DM\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_2\">Jacqui Crawford<\/a>, <a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB002KGXLTO\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jeanette-Nyden\/e\/B002KGXLTO\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_3\">Jeanette Nyden<\/a>, <a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB00574TGKY\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Katherine-Kawamoto\/e\/B00574TGKY\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_4\">Katherine Kawamoto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hardcover:<\/strong> 416 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Palgrave Macmillan (June 21, 2011)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0230112684<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0230112681<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A disclaimer &#8211; the author sent me a free copy of this book. I had read and reviewed Ms Vitasek&#8217;s first book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2011\/09\/12\/vested-outsourcing-five-rules-that-will-transform-outsourcing-review\/\">Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules That Will Transform Outsourcing<\/a>, as an adjunct to an oursourcing effort underway at DIRECTV; she saw the review and offered up a copy of her follow up.<\/p>\n<p>I also enjoyed this book quite a bit; there&#8217;s a lot more detail (at 387 pages vs 208 pages you&#8217;d expect that), especially around how to execute on a vested <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Outsourcing\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outsourcing\" rel=\"wikipedia\">outsourcing<\/a> deal. There are exercises in every chapter to walk you through the process, and pointers to templates to help capture information you&#8217;ll need to have.<\/p>\n<p>However, it also contained a lot of the information in the first book. If you are considering vested outsourcing, I&#8217;d suggest someone read and evaluate vested outsourcing using the first book, as it has enough information to help you decide if vested outsourcing might be appropriate &#8211; if you want to go ahead with a deal, then key members of the evaluation and negotiating team would be better off reading this book and using the indicated exercises and templates.<\/p>\n<p>And I have a nit to pick &#8211; on page 224, the definition of governance is circular; a better definition might have provided more insight into the goals and issues of governance for vested outsourcing deals.<\/p>\n<p>All in all a great book, use it if you&#8217;re interested in executing an outsourcing deal.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2011\/09\/12\/vested-outsourcing-five-rules-that-will-transform-outsourcing-review\/\">Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules That Will Transform Outsourcing (review)<\/a> (alephnaught.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mushroomsouffle.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/30\/outsourcing-%e2%80%93-should-you-or-shouldn%e2%80%99t-you\/\">Outsourcing &#8211; Should You Or Shouldn&#8217;t You?<\/a> (mushroomsouffle.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thuktun.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/20\/rules-for-outsourcing\/\">Rules for Outsourcing<\/a> (thuktun.wordpress.com)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/regulargeek.com\/2011\/09\/23\/agile-and-the-art-of-outsourcing\/\">Agile And The Art Of Outsourcing<\/a> (regulargeek.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img colorbox-6796\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-6796\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 6796);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-6796\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-6796\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: The Vested Outsourcing Manual: A Guide for Creating Successful Business and Outsourcing Agreements Author: Kate Vitasek, Jacqui Crawford, Jeanette Nyden, Katherine Kawamoto Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (June 21, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0230112684 ISBN-13: 978-0230112681 A disclaimer &#8211; the author sent me a free copy of this book. 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