Turkish Software Producing ICT Companies Approaches in Establishment of Their Subcontractor Selection and Management Processes

Software developing companies may subcontract some of their workload, and in this case as a part of their subcontracting activities, selecting subcontractors and working with them may cause some problems. These problems are generally less frequent if institutionalization of subcontractor selection and management processes is considered more important. In order to eliminate problems arising due to subcontracting, companies have better track and control their subcontractors in a corporate manner. The aim of this paper is to expose subcontractor use pattern of Turkish ICT companies engaged in software development activities, and to analyze behavior of Turkish ICT contractors involved in software development activities in the subcontractor selection stage and in the subcontractor management stage. The study also examines if a relationship exists between their subcontracting activities and their company size, the industry they produce service for, their turnover, their utilization of quality standards, their organizational structures and their some the product development processes.