BusinessWeek Hails Crowdsourcing as a Trend with Staying Power
Think crowdsourcing is a fad? Think it won’t last? Then don’t read the latest edition of BusinessWeek, which has a couple of insightful pieces on the topic from Jon Winsor. While it’s widely acknowledged that the current global economic conditions have enabled B2B crowdsourcing to grow more quickly than they would have otherwise, Winsor believes that this community-driven movement will outlive any economic cycle:
Some might think once the global financial crisis has come to an end these marketplaces will dwindle as people go back to work. Instead, I believe that they will evolve further, supplying a more efficient and creative way for companies to engage with and harness the crowd for help.
uTest is included in BusinessWeek’s article on crowdsourcing leaders and the related slideshow uses a great quote from our CEO.
You can probably guess what we think about this topic: open marketplaces and crowdsourcing are the most efficient, frictionless, collaborative way to deliver professional services like software testing! But we’d love to hear from you. Is crowdsourcing the natural evolution of outsourcing (as James Whitaker has said) and thus, here to stay?
Colspark.com has an interesting twist to crowdsourcing. Students try to solve real-world corporate challenges and companies use this as a talent search tool.