Scio is an experienced provider of dedicated, outsourced, software development and production teams. We are well aware of the possible internal impacts (such as morale and productivity) on in-house employees that team augmentation can have. Remote team training, and alignment with your company’s needs and culture is part of our process. We have dedicated staff resources to insure the implementation of each project is successful, giving your remote team ongoing support to insure proficiency. 

So what is the real difference between dedicated teams, and working with other remote resources? Many outsourcing companies, who do not offer dedicated teams, are little more than employment agencies with a technical focus. They fill stations with anyone qualified to work on the project. The transition process is performed completely by customer managers and project leaders, and very little training involving company culture or code continuity is done with the available workers. Turnover and attrition in these arrangements can be a strong factor in milestone fulfillment, and certainly affect project fulfillment expectations. While the outsourcing company certainly takes on the responsibility for these shortcomings, your company has very little control over how these problems are dealt with.  Using a dedicated team outsourcing model you also have greater control over the development process, while retaining flexibility and retaining availability.

Matching your needs to the Resources

At Scio, you are able to pick out the members whose experience and expertise best fit your needs. These team members are then given the office space, hardware, software and communication facilities required to fulfill your project expectations. They become your team, working under your direct control with available management support from Scio’s project management teams. This team becomes a stable resource, which continues to become a greater asset over time as they become more aware of your company’s needs, your systems, and your culture and objectives.

Project Transition

Project transition has long been documented as a crucial point in using remote resources for development projects. Some of the aspects of the project management addressed in this process are:

• Application requirements
• Project timeline, milestones and deadlines
• Infrastructure configuration (servers, networks, VPN, firewalls, etc.)
• Development and QA processes and environments
• Other technical aspects of production and maintenance of the application and related systems

Nearshore Advantages

For our clients in the Americas, outsourcing with a nearshore-based dedicated team offers your company the unique advantage of remote IT resources that, for all practical purposes, are located as if they were just in a nearby location. By developing a production relationship with a core group of remote programmers, graphic designers or support team, you can:

• Reduce the need to recruit, train and maintain a team of experienced technical staff members
• Lower the cost of development by leveraging skilled resources at a lower hourly cost and with lower total overhead
• Increase application development capabilities with critical, current skills
• Benefit from our end-to-end project, development and QA system to control deliverables, tasks and timelines
• Increase delivery, quality and technical accomplishment