In today’s fast-paced tech landscape, staying ahead of the curve means agility and efficiency. But with limited resources and talent pools, how can companies ensure they’re delivering innovative software solutions at breakneck speed? The answer lies in embracing a powerful strategy: building an extended development team.
While you might have an amazing in-house team, tapping into a pool of specialized remote talent can unlock a treasure trove of benefits. Forget the limitations of traditional outsourcing extended teams offer a collaborative, cost-effective, and time-saving approach to achieving your software development goals.
So, let’s dive into the top 5 reasons why building an extended development team is a game-changer for your business:
Streamlined Recruitment, Rapid Deployment
Cost-Effectiveness without Compromising Quality
Enhanced Transparency, Trust, and Collaboration
Forget the tedious recruitment process and lengthy onboarding cycles. Extended teams offer a rapid deployment solution, allowing you to assemble a dedicated team and hit the ground running in no time. Plus, you stay in complete control, as project management remains firmly in-house.
Let’s face it, budget matters. Extended teams offer significant cost savings compared to traditional hiring. Imagine cutting your development costs by 15-40% without sacrificing quality. This efficiency comes from leveraging nearshore or offshore talent pools where salaries are often lower, but the skillset remains exceptional. Remember, cost-effectiveness doesn’t translate to compromise – you get access to a global pool of vetted developers with proven track records, delivering exceptional results without breaking the bank.
Collaboration is the cornerstone of success, and extended teams foster an environment where transparency and trust reign supreme. Your in-house and remote teams work side-by-side, sharing knowledge, ideas, and responsibilities. This fosters open communication, clear project visibility, and a shared sense of ownership. The result? Increased productivity, enhanced problem-solving, and a learning environment where everyone benefits.
Ditch the setup headaches. Staff augmentation requires minimal operational hassle. Say goodbye to managing payroll, employee benefits, office space, and tech support. We handle that for you, freeing you to focus on what you do best – building amazing software. You simply provide the remote team with access to the tools and information they need, and watch the magic unfold.
Speed is crucial in today’s competitive market. Extended teams accelerate your time to market by adding more hands to the development deck. With additional resources working simultaneously, tasks get distributed and completed faster. But that’s not all – dedicated remote teams laser-focus on your project, eliminating the distractions of juggling multiple assignments. This translates to faster development cycles, quicker product launches, and a competitive edge in the market.
Building an extended development team is not just about filling skill gaps; it’s about unlocking a strategic advantage. It’s about injecting your project with a dose of agility, cost-efficiency, and collaborative spirit.
The concept of ETM is a strategic advantage that has been lost in the chaos of offshoring. The concept of offshoring started in India more than 3 decades ago and already spread across many countries across the globe.
So what is ETM and why it is different?
I cite this article in Forbes talking about this concept without the branding in 2010. Now it is reality!
Imagine the team in your head office, spread throughout the globe. This gives the ability to extend your team to reach the human talent that is not available locally, but you can find through a partner like BistecGlobal.
Having a remote team in an offshore context can be a strain on you mainly because of the lack of transparency.
Most often offshore providers use the team on multiple projects and you may find yourself working with different people than who were initially assigned to you just when you were just getting started.
ETM takes the best offshoring minus the bad experience. It gives you the control you need while you retain better financial and logistical benefits. It provides you total integration with the remote teams and also with your business.
With ETM you are able to synchronize all of your “well-tuned” processors, practices and values, into your Extended Team making it a fully functional branch office with a similar design and identity.
“At Bistec Global, we’ve had different experiences working with a verity of engagement models, including ETM and we thrive in this particular environment, and here’s why”
You have the flexibility where you can apply any time or task-driven mechanism/tool to your extended team. Thereby measuring performance with 100% transparency and synchronization.
You might have a successful project that your in-house team is working on and you plan on them continuing to complete it. You can delegate all the new projects to your extended team.
Or you can focus on moving some of the work your home team is doing to the ETM while the home team takes on high-value customer-centric work.
Not being tied down to a single location is a great thing. By using the ETM you can have a team in another location of the world, with a wider knowledge base of technologies, local markets, and other skills that your business can benefit from.
Having different kinds of people working globally, using their knowledge, will lead to creating a startup environment that can take a solution or application on a global market easier than having a centralized local team.
An extended offshore team can save time and money and yet give the expertise that you need to make your application or solution work.
The extended team is involved in the complete cycle of a job/project, not just an isolated part of it which makes for better transition and continuity.
Your corporate image should reflect through all your products and service. This can only be achieved by extensive and continuous team training throughout the company and your extended team…
An extended team is part of a bigger team and employees associate better with their job roles with larger companies which reduces the effect on turnover and dependencies.
By doing so, leads to a steady workflow and becomes resilient to changes in the cooperates which otherwise would be difficult to manage.
A global team means that you can easily have a presence in more than one market. Of course, in today’s world, you can have global reach just by having a great solution and also great marketing, but having people in different parts of the world, that knows the local market and the local mentality can indeed help you build a market reach faster.
Your business generally requires extended hours of work which can result in overworked and demotivated employees. Moreover, the overlap of work hours with your extended teams is likewise important and the part that does not overlap will work to your advantage when planning your project delivery, especially at peak times.
The use of a global talent pool has gained popularity over the last decade. The Extended Team Model is the next stage of outsourcing. Affiliation of your business rather than a group of contractors. ETM offers more flexibility and a new level of dedication. Your extended team may extend according to the objectives set and the resources you require while maintaining your core values and identity.
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