There are various business and cost models that can be tailored to suit specific customer needs while working out the offshore development arrangement. Sharing of infrastructure cost, knowledge transfer cost, idle time cost, risk and rewards can be worked out to have an economically advantageous and value added partnership with the clients.

Out of the above, the most viable model recommended to customers is the mix of offshore and on-site.  A small core team at the client site and majority of the project team at offshore provide customers a cost-effective, low risk alternative with no compromise on the project delivery parameters of quality, schedule, effort and cost.