Scio is an experienced provider of dedicated, outsourced teams. We are well aware of the possible internal impacts (such as morale and productivity) on in-house employees 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.

Nearshore Advantages

Outsourcing with a nearshore based dedicated team offers your company the true advantage of remote IT resources that, for all practical purposes, are located as if they were just in a different state. By developing a production relationship with a core group of remote programmers, graphic designers or support team, you:

• Reduce associated training costs.
• Increase profits from developed relationships.
• Increase product development capabilities.
• Increase code and design continuity.
• Reduce QA and bug testing times.
• Increase timeline goal fulfillment.

Using a dedicated team outsourcing model you also have greater control over the development process, while retaining flexibility and retaining availability.

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. Turn-over 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 short comings, your company has very little control over how these short comings are dealt with.

Matching your needs to the Resources

With Scio, dedicated teams are put together by your company from the highly qualified staff available. 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 is now 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 insuring smooth production