When Should Your Software Development Startup Opt for a Dedicated Development Team?

These days, project owners without an in-house team are quite often confused about the available collaboration models with remote contractors. This is not surprising: each of them has its own characteristics that are not easy to understand for people who have not previously had experience in creating and launching digital solutions. Below, we propose considering one such model. 

Three Collaboration Models: Which One Is Right for You?

Today, there are three established models of cooperation with outsourcing companies that provide services for the creation and launch of digital products: Fixed Price, Time & Materials, and Dedicated Team. In fact, there are several more of them, but the overwhelming majority of such companies operate according to these three.

The first is ideal for those with extremely clear technical and non-technical requirements and who want to outline the scope of work and the associated costs as quickly as possible. As for the second model, it is chosen by those business owners whose products involve dynamic changes in requirements over the course of projects. In this way, they achieve the flexibility they need, but at the same time, this type of cooperation is not very profitable in the long term. This is where the third model comes to the rescue – collaboration with a dedicated software development team.

Generally speaking, dedicated teams work only on tasks that were assigned to them as part of the project without being distracted by third-party ones. This is an ideal option for a long-term partnership since, in this case, the owner of the idea calculates the budget according to the monthly rates of each of the team’s specialists.

Thus, dedicated software development teams are quite often assigned to work on startups, complex enterprise-level solutions, as well as other large-scale digital products, work with which can take half a year or more. Another advantage of dedicated software developers is the flexibility of the team composition: you can change specialists within it as old tasks are completed and new ones appear. Moreover, you do not have to deal with replacing and selecting new personnel yourself – all these processes are carried out on the side of your digital partner within a few days, depending on the list of skills you need. 

In general, all these features of dedicated software development allow business owners to achieve the same level of communication and mutual understanding with their contractors as with the internal team and, at the same time, receive additional advantages characteristic of remote cooperation – cost efficiency, the necessary expertise, lack of bureaucracy, speed of start of work, etc. 

Last Words

If, after reading this article, you realize that a dedicated software team is the best option for you, you can contact us. We will fully staff it in one or two weeks, and a couple of days later, after which it is necessary to draw up and sign the NDA, our talents will be able to begin performing their work tasks. In turn, your budget will not be inflated even if you regularly expand or change the list of specifications.