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Well if its your child, it is better to bring it up yourself. However if you find yourself to be blind, dumb and deaf you have to seek help. Same I would hold true for the projects. If the owners don't have any expertise whatsoever related to the project's line of business not even enough to develop questionnaires to monitor the progress on the project, they might be forced to find a third party to manage the project for them.
It is based on the business case you are dealing with, project pipeline and resources availability, Having a third party involved is usually to cover a certain gap or deliver a specific requirement. In general this can have advantages as well as disadvantages.
With all the pors and cosn of the third parties it is to be considered before actually approaching a service provider, it's always advisable to specifically determine the importance of the tasks to be outsourced. It's always beneficial for an organization to consider the advantages and disadvantages before actually getting involved with a third party.
Most of the times tasks are outsourced to vendors who are specialized in their field. The outsourced vendors also have specific equipment and technical expertise, most of the times better than the ones at the outsourcing organization. Effectively the tasks can be completed faster and with better quality output.
Outsourcing the supporting processes gives the organization more time to strengthen their core business process.
One of the most crucial factors determining the outcome of a project is risk-analysis. Outsourcing certain components of your business process helps the organization to shift certain responsibilities to the outsourced vendor. Since the outsourced vendor is a specialist, they plan your risk-mitigating factors better.
Outsourcing escapes from the need to hire individuals in-house; hence recruitment and operational costs can be minimized to a great extent. This is one of the prime advantages of offshore outsourcing.
On the other hand:
In case you do not choose a right partner for outsourcing, some of the common problem areas include stretched delivery time frames, sub-standard quality output and inappropriate categorization of responsibilities. At times it is easier to regulate these factors inside an organization rather than with an outsourced partner.
Hidden costs: Although outsourcing most of the times is cost-effective at times the hidden costs involved in signing a contract while signing a contract across international boundaries may pose a serious threat.
An outsourced vendor may be catering to the expertise-needs of multiple organizations at a time. In such situations vendors may lack complete focus on your organization’s tasks.
It is approperiate for small companies that didn't have the resources to manage projects. The CM firm works on the Owner's behalf and take care of the whole project. Often they work as the general contractor and hire all sub contractors to do the projects. In that case they take all the risks.
Having a3rd party only helps the owner because the owner might miss something that a CM can pick up. It also saves the cost because CM gets paid based on a fixed fee whose job is to protect the owner.
