Friday, August 12, 2005 – Standards for Outsourcing

Venu Gopal (venugopalb@vsnl.com), of Global Certification Systems, asked this week if there are any certifiable or compliance standards for outsourcing.

Michael Corbett (michael.corbett@outsourcingprofessional.org) replied, “IAOP is funding the Outsourcing Standards Board, a not-for-profit organization, with the charter to develop standards and certifications...” and went on to explain that Professional Ethics & Business Practices is currently going through a review process and other sets of standards will be developed in the near future, with Professional Standards targeted for mid-December.

A response from Debra Williams (debrawilliams1@btinternet.com) said that the FSA (Financial Services Association) has implemented a policy of 10 guidelines for implementing an Outsourcing contract, and went on to list them.