Invited Keynote Speakers -- A Smarter Way: The Software Engineering Method and Theory Initiative (Semat) -- The Consortium for IT Software Quality -- Full Papers -- Reconciling Offshore Outsourcing with Model Based Testing -- Argentina’s Offshore Software Industry – Opportunities and Challenges -- Model-Based Task Allocation in Distributed Software Development -- The Economics of Hiring and Staff Retention for an IT Company in Russia -- Short Papers -- Global Software Project Management: A Case Study -- The Catalan Government Prequalification Strategy for Software Development Suppliers -- On Knowledge Services for Outsourcing Professional Development -- A Structured Framework for Managing Offshore Outsourcing Risks on Software Support Projects.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development, SEAFOOD 2010, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17-18, 2010. The four long plus the four short papers presented together with two keynote speeches were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions for inclusion in the book. The areas covered include industry challenges and best practices in offshore software development, distributed software development, risk management, and global software project management.