{"id":1050,"date":"2011-10-22T23:17:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T23:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/outsourced-product-development\/"},"modified":"2018-05-01T09:43:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T09:43:08","slug":"outsourced-product-development","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/146\/outsourced-product-development-opd","title":{"rendered":"Outsourced Product Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_outsourced_product_development_mean\">What Does Outsourced Product Development Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Outsourced product development (OPD) is a practice in which an organization hires a third-party provider for the development of products and services in a variety of fields (such as IT, business, communication and HR), and even idea generation.<\/p>\n<p>OPD success depends on finely integrated strategic planning, communication, collaboration, management and specialized resources.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_outsourced_product_development\">Techopedia Explains Outsourced Product Development<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>OPD implementation success hinges on continuous and consistent communication between decision makers, especially managers, engineers and business owners. This collaboration streamlines communication, production quality and, ultimately, customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>OPD implementation recommendations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Development during daylight hours<\/li>\n<li>Testing during evening hours<\/li>\n<li>Outsourcing to locations north and south of an organization&#039;s corporate office and production facilities to minimize time zone variances<\/li>\n<li>Recruiting and hiring high-quality team members. Distance should never detract from innovation.<\/li>\n<li>Small teams are more efficient than large teams. Thus, management must establish a balance to ensure team synergy.<\/li>\n<li>Intellectual property (IP) costs are part of doing business. 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