Kedra  +  343560 Mon, 26 Mar 07 08:13 AM I've got a letter from a prospective customer, one of whose requirements is: Potential partner should be able to continuously cooperate in SW development processes using body-shopping approach on the beginning, which may later lead to outsourced SW development managed by subcontracted partner, who can guarantee quality by used and adopted methodologies and standards. I failed to find out what is 'body-shopping approach' means. Can someone please explain what it might mean? Thank you very much in advance.   Kedra Joined on Thu, Oct 20 2005 Full Member 151 To the World you may be one person but to one person you may be the World

	Kedra  +  343573 Mon, 26 Mar 07 09:12 AM Thank you. This link explains more what "outsourcing" means, rather than what "Bodyshopping" does. Or shall I understand bodyshopping as just the synonym for outsourcing? Kedra Synonyms

	NewPhilologist  +  343778 Mon, 26 Mar 07 07:15 PM No, I don't think that that would be quite appropriate. I've never heard the word "bodyshopping" myself, but according to that explanation, bodyshopping involves "a contractual relationship like buying and selling or simply engaging people services" as opposed to real outsourcing NewPhilologist