Boost your capabilities, get more customers, scale up, expand into new markets and cut down on wasteful expenses. Outsource!

Companies go through several phases during their existence. First is the testing of waters, where the market validates the basic idea behind the service or the product. You build a core team and move fast to acquire new users or customers and start adding up features. After you are established on your feet and have gained market share you will move to the next stage of scaling up and consolidation.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

This phase is dedicated to comprehending your key objectives, your business environment, and assessing our capability to address your challenges. Following a comprehensive analysis, our team will provide recommendations for a course of action. If you find our proposal appealing, we can formally initiate our collaboration.

PROBLEMS WITH OUTSOURCING

Outsourcing is not a fire and forget solution. It comes with its unique set of challenges, such as :

Dealing with unreliable technical partners who does not understand your business and customers
Navigating around cultural differences between you and your vendor which can throw a project completely out of gear.
Miscommunication at different phases of the project leading to different expectations.
Ensuring that your intellectual property and competitive advantage is safeguarded
Allotting budget and resources for maintaining the deliverable so that it does not become obsolete.

Maintaining consistent quality levels while tightly controlling expenditures is a demanding task. All of these issues have various dimensions—some technical, some managerial, and some cultural. They may surface repeatedly throughout the entire process, and unless you are ready to address them, they can impede your progress. And while there are other reasons these issues can crop up the biggest cause is an incompatible outsourcing partner

CRITERIA FOR THE IDEAL OUTSOURCING PARTNER

If you are a skydiver jumping out of a plane your outsourcing partner is your parachute. Therefore it's very critical that you do due diligence while choosing your partner.

There are several methods to determine if your prospective vendor meets these criteria. Simple questions like range of services, types of clients and experience can be easily determined from their online presence.

However, inquiries regarding company culture and soft skills can only be resolved through personal interactions, whether over the phone, in person, or through word of mouth.

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