The selection of the wrong development model at the beginning will silently empty your budget, slow releases, and accumulate technical debt that will be hard to clear in years. The decision is worthy of better strategy consideration than most of the businesses accord it. Is it not a mere cost competition between Offshore In-House Team vs Outsourcing but an overall decision regarding control, scalability and ownership of the long run products. Those companies which compare both models with their actual growth prospects invest much wiser, create more competent teams and do not make the mistake of baseless following the mouthpiece trends so expensively.