Communicate in writing
The best way to outsource work is to put your needs and requirements in writing. First of all, information put in writing does not leave much place for interpretation.
Second, you can use it as guideline when you accept the output: check if outsourcer did everything you asked, if work is done in quality you specified.
Read more about work delegation here.
Set goals and priorities
- Outsourcers do not know your company’s priorities. They will prioritize work according their discretion. And what they think is important usually is not so important for you.
- Have a five-minute call/video chat at the beginning of the day to set clear priorities (what needs to be done first, second…) and deadlines.
- If you outsource for longer period set weekly goals. Clear goals and priorities will help to concentrate and work faster.
Measure results
The beauty of outsourced workforce is that work can be done faster and usually cheaper. The pain usually is work quality.
Beedo online software has easy solution – when work is done not right mark status “Rejected”. Statistic will show how much rejected tasks outsourcer had.
Also, you can check how outsources aligned with priorities and goals you raised. Our weekly statistic of performance and productivity is great way to measure quality.
Manage outsourced workforce with Beedo
- Easy to create tasks and delegate them to outsourcer.
- Time tracking will help to estimate real work time.
- Daily plans, priorities and goals will help not to miss deadlines.
- Project pipeline and calendar will help to forecast workload.
- Project templates and checklist will help to measure work quality.
Read more about Beedo online project and team work management software at projects.beedo.net.
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