Jul

28

From doing things right in 2010, the Philippines’ information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) sector aims for bigger opportunities by 2016.

Filipinos are as good as anybody in the world. Local developers are trainable and are technically sound, with a few areas for progress and maturity.

With the US market still the biggest IT market, Filipino developers are good with collaboration and communication, having an excellent command of English. When projects are received from the US, the Filipinos don’t need translators, they can communicate directly with the American client, partners and engineers.

Good developers can actually shift technologies. It takes time and training but ingenuity can come from the right experiences, it spells the difference between a senior developer and a junior one.

To gain experience, local developers need to get more exposure to projects from beginning to end. Local developers only handle bits and pieces in a lot of projects as a lot of the client companies are just sending out maintenance work.

The experience is different from a developer’s and technologist’s point of view. Exposure to bigger applications, bigger globally-used or certified projects can bring on the experience that nurtures ingenuity.

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Jul

26

According to the Harvard Business Review, a few key essentials can give a project team a fighting chance for success.

What makes a project team work well and succeed can seem like a mystery but a project team with the following defining characteristics can be guaranteed with better chances for success:

A COMMON PURPOSE. Teams form as a result of an outside mandate. To work together effectively, the teams’ members need to rally around a meaningful purpose each member has embraced as his/her own.

COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS AND PERSPECTIVES. It’s detrimental for everyone on a team to have the same skills and perspective. When members have varying technical and functional expertise and bring different approaches to problem-solving and decision-making make for a more successful team.

MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY. The process of agreeing on a goal together will forge trust and build the team’s accountability to one another. One cannot coerce commitment.

Jul

25

Presently Cebu, Philippines is among the most popular ESL (English as a Second Language) destinations in Asia, particularly for the Japanese and South Koreans.

Record showed that at present, Cebu registered over ten thousand tourists, taking up ESL in Cebu a year. So far, majority of them are Korean nationals.  Education-tourism is now one of the best growth drivers for tourism in Cebu, as this could promote long-staying visitors.

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Jul

24

International outsourcing business advisory Tholons trusts Cebu, Philippines is developing further as the premier outsourcing destination in Asia through the improvement of six key areas: 1) workforce, 2) infrastructure, 3) cost, 4) risk profile, 5) business catalyst and the 6) quality of life.

Cebu has made its mark in the global outsourcing industry, graduating in the list of “emerged” cities after constantly topping the “emerging” list for several years.

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