The previous lackluster growth of the economy motivated many corporations to reevaluate their corporate initiatives and seek the advantage of lower labor costs provided by offshore development. The fear, and sometimes reality, which these companies experience was that quality and accountability may be sacrificed as larger, more complex projects were sent overseas. Sometimes faster and cheaper means just that. How can companies be assured that, in their desire to do things faster and more economically, they are not being short-changed on quality? What safeguards exist or should be put into place for future projects sent overseas to provide a predictably successful project outcome.