ARoadmap to Avoiding Extended Development Team Mistakes

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A Roadmap to Avoiding Extended Development Team
Mistakes
Many people are choosing offshore experts to
widen software development teams. This trend is
getting so much attention, particularly during
the pandemic. When you augment your team with
offshore professionals, you will be able to fill
the skills gaps, enhance your tech output, and
launch projects instantly. However, this way
helps in keeping costs minimum as compared to
hiring local experts. Choosing the perfect
software team augmentation partner is vital for
your business. Moreover, if you approach the team
extension model with incorrect estimations or
without doing proper research, then it could
lead to failures, more costs, and wasted time.
Having a tech-enabled business means that you
know the significance of having the best
development team to make innovative, and best
products and services for your business. It is
observed that companies in the West are facing a
major shortage of talent, and more and more
businesses are engaged in the concept of
developing an extended team elsewhere. But the
question is how can you develop a team in another
country and get the best value for your money
without making any compromise on the quality?
We are just going to tell you some common
mistakes that almost every company makes.
Knowing mistakes would make sure that you get the
best partnership with your offshore giver and
your development expert team.

• Outsourcing Development Process

Even if you intend to build software or enhance
your current development capacity, then you
require the right experts. But if you are still
looking for these people locally, then you
should hire a great development team which can be
useful for you. It is essential to keep the
processes easy and mindful so that you do not
face any hurdles.
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• Emphasising Cost More Than Quality

The cost is crucial in deciding if you need to
outsource development or hire an extended team
irrespective of the business. You are supposed to
select outsourcing with minimum costs due to the
best marketing tactics. Do not just go for the
cheaper options for hiring resources as they
might not be the best fit for you. It is very
crucial to pay heed to the advantages that
remote teams can offer easily. Assess the
portfolio of the team, technical resources, and
track record to develop a practical team for the
development of the technology.

• Not having a clear roadmap

Envision builds a great extended development team
who are ready to work on building software, but
you are unable to assign suitable tasks to them
as you did not plan anything. This seems
problematic, right? The important part of
collaborating with an offshore provider and
developing a remote team is planning, Even before
you start partnering with an offshore
development company, its vital to put together a
clear roadmap. A clear roadmap will lead you to
complete success and you will know how to run
your project smoothly while keeping everyone
motivated and active.

• Isolating extended teams

If you have an extended development then it is an
asset for your company. It assists in meeting
business motives within a particular time frame
and budget. While working with extended tech
development teams, it is extremely crucial to
keep in mind that they are also a part of your
company and sit in a different office space.
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However, if you do not treat your extended team
developer then it can bring down their
motivation, morale, and in effect creativity.
That is the reason, it is essential to build a
management layer between your in-house team and
extended team. If you wish to enjoy the best out
of your extended development teams, add them to
vital discussions, ask for suggestions, and do
brainstorming sessions daily. Never make cultural
differences a big issue as it restricts you from
learning diversity.

• Cultural Differences

It is one of the issues several organizations
commit to while developing their remote extended
teams. Sometimes, companies look for low-price
outsourcing partners more than the cultural fit.
Lets suppose that your company is in the USA and
you have done a partnership with an outsourcing
company from a non-native country. In this case,
you need to think about whether will it be
possible to establish continuous communication
among the teams. The answer will not be clear to
you. However, just to have a better
collaboration, you should go for a service
provider that aligns and expands your culture.

• Envision Regular Source Code Access

It is just like unlocking the word of unlimited
opportunities. Without getting complete access,
you may miss out on some important updates or
enhancements for your project. When you get
regular access you will be able to stay on top of
everything and keep your project running
seamlessly. It is amazing to prospect that this
could lead to better results. It is recommended
that you negotiate with your provider to make
sure that daily code deliveries and linking
payments to the same. Moreover, this would not
just give you guaranteed timely code
deliverables, but also make sure that you pay
solely for the sufficient code deliveries. Also,
make sure that the code is released persistently,
and for that, you should set up a source code
repository just like Git or Bitbucket. When you
make payments daily keep your provider motivated
and make sure that they are fulfilling their
rules.

• No Stress

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Project management is essential for any companys
success. In the conventional outsourcing method,
you are supposed to spend more time tracking
employees and the status of the project. On the
contrary, the extended team developers work just
like your own team which makes the management of
the project easy around the countries.
Final Thoughts
Developing efficient IT development teams is a
tough task, but by disregarding these mainstream
issues, CTOs and DSs could build smooth and
efficient web development teams. It is important
to focus on skills, cultural compatibility,
diversity, communication, and professional
development so that every company will be able to
enhance their productivity and foster a positive
working environment which is a need of time now.
Contact Devfied to discover how we can work
together to achieve your technology motives.