What Is the Difference Between IT Staff Augmentation and Consulting? You have a lot of options when it comes to finding software development services. Do you hire new full-time employees to supplement your existing in-house team? Or would hiring a few temporary workers to be faster and less expensive? What if you require a wide […]
How to Building Distributed Agile Development Teams
If you haven’t gone agile yet, what are you waiting for? Over 50% of firms that use agile methodologies (particularly scrum) report higher satisfaction with deliverables and shorter time-to-market. Besides, product quality and employee morale are increased. But it isn’t all. If you build your team correctly, distributed agile development can improve even more productivity. […]
A Quick Guide to Managing Outsourced Software Development
IT projects fail for various reasons, but success stories all have one thing in common: a well-thought-out approach for managing outsourced software development teams. Proper management, among other things, provides efficient resource allocation, maximizes production, and reduces time to market. These are significant advantages, given that cost reduction is the primary reason firms choose to […]
Staff Augmentation vs IT Project Outsourcing: Pros, Cons & Differences
Sometimes, companies need extra skills to fill in gaps or finish a big project. There are different ways for companies to fill talent gaps and keep the rest of their staff from having to do work they are not qualified to do. This article looks at staff augmentation and IT project outsourcing, two of the […]
How to Choose the Right Staff Augmentation Partner
When a business decides to hire augmented staff or build a robust distributed engineering team, the primary goal should be to find a vendor that takes the time to understand their client’s specific staffing needs. Often, a company’s outsourcing strategy is as unique as the company itself. Therefore, your IT staffing augmentation partner should be […]
IT Staffing Firms Help Tech Companies Deal With Challenging Job Markets
The technology industry is competitive, so hiring extra technical staff is often needed to finish a complicated project or ship a software product on time. But when it comes to hiring, companies can quickly run into a wide range of problems as they try to find increasingly scarce technical talent on a temporary or permanent […]
4 Steps to Managing a Distributed Augmented Team
In a staff augmentation model, internal and remote developers work on the same project and usually the same code base. When the model is applied correctly, efficient communication results in high productivity and a team dynamic. However, if the model is not effectively implemented, there may be significant communication overhead, resulting in productivity loss. Long […]
8 Myths About Hiring Outsourcing Developers
Although outsourcing is a well-established sector, some companies still resist hiring outsourcing developers from other countries due to concerns about their safety, legality, and dependability. On the contrary, the fact that numerous organizations, including IBM and many medium-sized enterprises, outsource indicates that it is still a viable business solution. Finally, we’ve compiled a list of […]
Dedicated Team vs. Staff Augmentation
In a business world that is uncertain and constantly changing, there is a growing need for specialized IT services. However, the market faces a shortage of skilled software developers. The good news is that IT outsourcing has come to the rescue. With its many benefits, such as reducing project time and costs, leveraging the expertise […]
Fixed Price vs. Time & Materials: Which is better?
When outsourcing software development, choosing Fixed Price and Time & Materials (T&M) payment models isn’t just about economic benefits and risks. It greatly impacts how you work with a vendor and how the project goes. I don’t think there’s one right answer to the question of which model is better because it depends on your […]