On the surface, Nearshore Product Development (NPD) for software applications is traditional Outsourced Product Development (OPD) provided by a company within a few time zones of their primary client base. This proximity allows them to leverage real-time communication and provides advantages in managing fast moving projects, especially those projects with minimally defined requirements at the outset.

In reality however, the engagement model, as practiced by Scio, is designed to address the most common issues of OPD teams: Long ramp ups to team productivity, high rework, knowledge retention over the product lifecycle, work patterns that cannot adapt quickly to changing requirements and a high Total Cost of Engagement (TCE).

In our experience, successful Nearshore Product Development is composed of multiple levels of capabilities, competencies, tools and experience that come together to form the service:

Focus on Outsourced Product Development of software applications provides -

• Highly skilled engineers with experience in the technologies required for the product as well as the processes, tools and standards required for commercial and enterprise applications.
  
• Defined processes and tools for communication with clients that provide for feature planning/documentation, project management, scope control and quality oversight. 
  
• Core team stability over the long term to insure retention of the product and technical body of knowledge. 

Nearshore Proximity Provides -

• Opportunities for real-time collaboration, management and real-time client oversight of the project resulting in better outcomes and higher project efficiencies. 
• The opportunity to “break down the walls” and form a single working team with a shared vision of the product, goals and requirements.
  
• The ability to meet shifting priorities and needs in real time.
  
• Lower Total Cost of Engagement. 

Nearshore in Mexico Provides -

• A higher degree of shared understanding and business culture.
  
• Reasonable travel times and expenses when face-to-face meetings are required.
  
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) sanctioned business model, and the unified Intellectual Property (IP) protections it incorporates.
  

Scio Provides -

• Project accountability
  
• Experience defining and working with the NPD model across different size clients in several industries. 
• Focused technical and product development expertise (principally Microsoft technologies). 
• Size that provides reliability and flexibility to meet demands over the product lifecycle while still offering personal, tailored interaction with each client. 
• Highly skilled resources in a collaborative working environment. 
• Agile-based development processes that support the need to adapt to changes during the project and throughout the product lifecycle. 
  
• Team members who can work effectively in an English-speaking environment, providing written documentation and communication in English. 
• Reliable, redundant IT infrastructure and technical security. 
• Internal processes, standards, tools and procedures developed for NPD. 

Key Benefits from engaging Scio Nearshore Product Development -

• Outcomes-Driven Engagement Model - Scio takes responsibility for delivering results, not just providing resources for you to micro-manage
• Specialized, Commercial Software Product Development Expertise - Our focus is the Product Lifecycle, not an individual project.
  
• Proven Agile Delivery - Optimized to leverage nearshore proximity, providing faster time to revenue, transparent execution, with a collaborative approach
• Partners in Innovation - Scio provides input from our experience in the field to improve architecture, usability, features and more without losing sight of the goals and contraints of the product cycle
• Nearshore Efficiencies - Greater productivity, real-time communications and cost advantages