An outsourcing strategy where we outsource our skilled resources to cover necessary positions required by the client on a temporary or permanent basis. IT staff augmentation has started becoming a buzzword as more and more global companies are hiring remotely.
Through 7+ years of commercial experience, Code Ninja has helped around 100+ companies from SMBs to enterprise level to augment their teams. We provide our IT staffing services for all IT project roles that involve software and product engineering, UI/UX design, testing, and devOps.
There is a difference between project outsourcing and staff augmentation. While opting for resource or project outsourcing, we work on the project as a whole or some aspects of it whereas staff augmentation caters to inducting virtual resources to the in-house team for dividing the project workload.
Different outsourcing models may often cause confusion as ‘how do they work’. In staff augmentation, we augment our clients’ teams with the skilled and talented resources we have for the time period they define. Cost and timeline estimations are done mutually.
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Hiring full-time employees for the purpose of inducting them on a specific project cost more time, money, and effort than needful. Instead, companies now have a better option, augment their existing teams with specialized professionals who work solely on a short-term basis.
Business skills, knows programming, data modeling, design skills, machine learning and natural language processing, good communicator, aware of databases and cloud architecture.
Effective communicator, negotiator, good at scheduling and time management, do have technical expertise, critical thinker, and are a problem solver.
Visual design focuses on digital products, using the right tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Sketch and Illustrator, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, teamwork and research skills, problem-solving, and knowledge of web servers, CMS, SEO, and content structures.
Well-versed with latest coding languages, database knowledge, data structures and algorithms, source control, testing procedures, operating systems, debugging knowledge, cloud platforms, and software frameworks.
Documentation of issues, preparing software tests, understanding of testing process (budget, app type, time allocated, priorities etc.), composing defect reports, analytical and logical reasoning.
Continuous delivery, cloud tools and best practices, infrastructure, configuration management, containers, operations, automation, collaboration and communication.
Technical expertise, interpersonal skills, problem solving and analytical skills, adaptability, time management, teamwork and collaboration, and ability to cope with stress.
Staff augmentation is a model for extending the existing team. Want resources?
Code Ninja is an active and running software development and consulting company for the last 7+ years. So, we have gathered solid experience in team augmentation, let us share our process of staff augmentation.
Companies reach out to expand their in-house staff, our managers obtain and analyze all such requests and response promptly.
Discuss details such as required developers' qualification and how staff augmentation contract will work based on the provided requirement.
Precise requirements help us choose suitable resources with appropriate skillsets. Filtered CVs are sent to clients/companies
After a company approves CVs, selected candidates have to pass the tech interview. Sometimes interviews are divided into 2 stages.
If all goes well, we sign a contract and selected resources are allocated for a defined time period.If all goes well, we sign a contract and selected resources are allocated for a defined time period.
Just like other competing companies, all are searching for the same talent pools at the same time. This makes it difficult to get to the right fit and have them onboard.
Solution – Make a list of staff augmentation service providing companies, and check their portfolio, tech expertise, and client reviews. Go for an introductory call.
Effective communication between teams and their management is another major challenge of staff augmentation, which is pretty much there in other outsourcing models too.
Solution – Choose popular project management methods I.e., agile, scrum, etc., Communicate with teams regularly, appoint a project delivery person, and do performance reviews often.
Signing a contract keeps things transparent and puts customer-vendor in a safe relationship. Unplanned outsourcing bills, loss of quality control, and compromised data security are some issues to look into.
Solution – Define responsibilities from both parties in a liability clause, notice periods, data protection rules, terms of the invoice, governing laws, etc.
At every stage of the project, proper knowledge transfer is critical. The initial stages, during project implementation and the project closes, are some points where knowledge sharing is required.
Solution – define which data should be passed, appoint resources who will handle the knowledge, check tech documentation (if that’s available), and conduct necessary sessions.
Code Ninja success secret – we go to exceptional lengths to offer top talent.
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We deploy mature measuring KPI metrics such as development cycle time, deployment frequency, customer satisfaction etc.to determine project success.
Modern tools of communication are used for usual or frequent reporting as required. This also helps in tracking if the project health is strong and if it’s heading towards its goals.
Staff augmentation model we offer has a tendency to deliver a higher level of productivity because developers are focused on a single project in comparison to outsourcing models where they engage in multiple projects.
This model of staff augmentation we provide has transparent cost structures. Partnering company doesn’t have to worry about administrative and organizational expenses like office space and workstations etc.
No need to pay heed to development timelines and cost based on who did what, once you get the best talent, you will starting reaping ideal results.
Code Ninja’s engineers /development teams quickly merge themselves into internal processes, report directly to in-house management. Ensure active participation in daily scrums and send progress reports frequently.
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A type of outsourcing where resources are hired to fill the in-house positions on a temporary or permanent basis. This helps in team augmentation or capacity of an organization and they achieve results faster.
With staff augmentation, companies can add staff to their teams based on additional required skills for the project whereas outsourcing means executing the entire project with the resources from another company. We can label required skill (staff augmentation) vs required task (outsourcing).
Word ‘consultant’ often referred with the staff augmentation model but this isn’t consulting like giving expert advice. Staff augmentation outsource required resources to another company so that they could fill their lack of talent gap.
Project-based consulting is the opposite of staff augmentation. In this sort of consulting, a project based specific solution is offered where in staff augmentation developers have to achieve their goals themselves.
‘Consultation or outsourcing’ although such are the common words and often confused with other types of outsourcing. However, for clear understanding go with the ‘staff augmentation’.
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