According to Statista, during 2024, businesses will spend on IT outsourcing about US$541.10 billion. Indeed, given that this format of software development has become much more in demand since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, its approaches and methods have improved a lot, opening up many more opportunities for startups and companies to collaborate productively and cost-effectively.
If you are considering this option for your project, you should definitely get to know one of the IT outsourcing models better – here, we mean a dedicated team.
Dedicated Development Team Structure
The dedicated project team structure is not much different from that of regular in-house teams: there can be the same software engineers, software architects, QA engineers, UX/UI designers, product managers, and so on – ultimately, everything will depend on what kind of specialists are needed for your project. Another thing is that all this operates autonomously relative to the product owner (that is, task management is carried out on the contractor's side).
Moreover, you will be able to add new team members and exclude existing ones as its individual stages are completed, and the requirements for it are changed. Are you probably wondering how this is possible without reducing the quality of the final results?
In fact, today everything is real: outsourcing companies that provide dedicated team services use a number of practices of remote cooperation and interaction, as well as an iterative approach to development, which together allow taking into account stakeholder feedback before making changes to the project provokes the appearance of hard-to-fix bugs. Thanks to this, time to market can meet even the most stringent requirements from the client.
Why Hire a Dedicated Development Team and Why Don’t
As you may have already understood from the above, hiring a dedicated team is not the only option for implementing outsourcing – in particular, there are still two fairly popular models – time and material and fixed price. The format of cooperation with product owners according to them differs from that typical for dedicated teams. Let's find out what exactly these differences are.
Dedicated Team VS Fixed Price
The fixed price collaboration model is something that makes sense to consider when you have a clearly defined list of project requirements, and you understand that you will not change them during the work on it. It is also distinguished by its applicability mainly to short-term projects since the larger the software solution, the more likely it is that, at some point, you will have to change and re-agree something, which, in turn, will entail an increase in the project budget.
When you hire a dedicated development team, you get greater flexibility, which also applies to changing requirements. Of course, if you have such a need, this will still entail additional resource expenses on the part of your team, but in this case, both the methodology followed by the project team and the project architecture itself will initially be predisposed to such flexibility.
Dedicated Team VS Time & Material
As for the time and material model, although it is suitable for projects that require increased flexibility (according to it, the project budget will be calculated according to the resources that your team spent to bring your idea to life), it is unlikely to be profitable for you if you are planning long-term support and cooperation after the product release. Its main task is to implement a large project and provide you with all the necessary tools for its independent administration.
Thus, if you need to upgrade it – for example, add new functionality, it will already be a new project for your contractor and, accordingly, you will have to renegotiate the terms of cooperation.
A completely different thing awaits you when you hire dedicated software development teams – you will have at your disposal specialists who will always be in touch with you to maximize the lifecycle of your solution. That is why this cooperation model is considered ideal for startups and constantly scaling solutions.
How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Dedicated Team?
The cost of services of dedicated teams largely depends on their residence. In particular, hiring a team from the USA, Canada or Australia is usually an order of magnitude higher than hiring specialists, for example, from Eastern Europe or India.
Let's conduct a more detailed fact-check, based on Glassdoor data (in the table, we present the median annual salaries for IT specialists in different countries, current for 2024):
|
Country |
Project manager |
Software developer |
QA engineer |
UX/UI Designer |
|
US |
$135,530 per year |
$159,151 per year |
$110,824 per year |
$119,594 per year |
|
China |
$48,273 per year |
$63,030 per year |
$12,000 per year |
$23,584 per year |
|
India |
$8,851 per year |
$9,937 per year |
$7,782 per year |
$6,585 per year |
|
UK |
$63,442 per year |
$56,304 per year |
$50,556 per year |
$52,312 per year |
|
Ukraine |
$50,000 per year |
$64,000 per year |
$38,650 per year |
$40,002 per year |
How to Find The Perfect-Match Experts
When you are recruiting specialists for your dedicated team, the list of hard skills certainly plays a crucial role. This means that before hiring, you have to make sure that your specialists have experience working with the tools and technologies you need and check whether they have expertise in your business niche as well.
However, all this is only a necessary but not sufficient condition for your project to be successful. So what do you need besides this?
We asked Talent Intelligence Expert Bryq and here's their answer: when hiring a dedicated development team, assessing soft skills is no less important. Therefore, in addition to hard skills, you will also need to ensure that each of your team members meets the following characteristics:
- Adaptability and flexibility. These two qualities allow team members to quickly adapt to new technologies and changing project requirements, thus, ensuring that they remain productive in a fast-paced environment;
- Advanced communication skills. They ensure clear and transparent communication between team members, forming a pleasant environment where ideas and feedback come without many obstacles.
- Creativity and continuous learning. Creativity drives innovative solutions and fresh approaches to problems, while a commitment to continuous learning keeps the team up to date with the latest industry trends and skills.
Generally speaking, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills are essential for effective collaboration and project success as they allow team members to work productively, effectively resolve conflicts, and adapt to changing project requirements.
Moreover, your team members should have well-aligned values – this guarantees that if you outsource dedicated software development teams, they will collaborate effectively to produce the best results for your project.
Why Should You Choose WEZOM?
WEZOM is an international outsourcing company, which creates advanced and scalable solutions for 10+ global business sectors. Currently, our talent pool has more than 200 specialists, thanks to which we can fully staff a dedicated team of ready-to-work experts in a matter of days.
Here are the key areas in which we work:
Development based on advanced technologies
All the technologies that are currently on everyone's lips – whether it is artificial intelligence, data science, the Internet of things, blockchain, or something else – are actively used in practice by our experts in various business niches. At the same time, we always focus on the value and benefits of the solutions we create for both their owners and end users.
Frontend and backend development
We work only with modern solutions for web and mobile development (such as GraphQL, Ant Design, Next.js, React.js, Spring, Node.js, .Net, Laravel, Flutter, and so on), creating easy-to-support and easy-to-scale applications and services aimed at achieving long-term business goals. Our talent pool includes specialists both working with platform-native technologies and those who can create cross-platform, native-like solutions.
Cloud solutions development
We can develop a B2B product for your business niche that you will be able to provide to other companies on a subscription basis via the cloud. For this, we usually use cutting-edge cloud platforms such as Hetzner, Digital Ocean, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS. As a result, you will be able to not only cover your business needs but also get an additional source of income.
If you are interested in getting a high-class team at your disposal to open up new horizons for your business or lay a solid foundation for your growth in a new business niche, feel free to contact us.
