Software Development Staff Augmentation Solutions
Unemployment for software developers in the US is at an all-time low. This means that smaller companies have a real fight to find talent at a price they can afford, as the big guys have large recruiting budgets and entice with big salaries and benefits.
What is software development staff augmentation?
In software development staff augmentation, software development companies will provide the talent you need right now, ready to onboard quickly and provide value from the start. Based on your needs, software staff augmentation could be a single person, such as a developer or project manager, or an entire software development team.
Options for Your Staff Augmentation Model
The current average time people stay in one job is 18 months. With such a high rate of turnover, companies face frequent gaps in capacity causing costly project delays and impacting business commitments. To combat that problem, companies have a few options.
There are plenty of staffing companies offering people on a rent-to-hire basis. Most of these firms are still actively searching for the people when the client requests someone. Since they’re not permanent employees of the staffing company, there is no investment to evolve those people and no investment in their skills. To these people, money is the motivator in these situations and the individuals may jump for a higher offer quickly. Revenue for these staffing companies is tied to placing and replacing talent without an emphasis on quality and stability, making it difficult to get projects finished.
Some companies turn to offshore development. The low prices make this seem to be an attractive option, but there is a lot of risk involved. Potential issues include struggling to manage a distributed team across time zones, communication challenges or language barriers, exceedingly high turn-over, developers trading out, teammates not having the right skills, or unexpectedly low quality. In the long run, this often ends up being more expensive than local resources.
At Geneca, our development teams are comprised of full-time, highly-skilled professionals who can support and enhance your project. Whether you’re looking for ongoing development support to complete regular maintenance on an existing solution or extra hands to push a large project over the finish line, Geneca is here to help.
Roles you can augment with Geneca
Senior Software Developers
We have senior software developers who have the expertise and experience to join your team and quickly understand the project, roadblocks, and contribute innovative solutions.
Solutions Architects
Solution architects are essential to the long-term success of any software solution. Our architects work with your team to understand the purpose and goals for the solution, and design the technical architecture to build a software solution that meets your requirements.
Business Analysts
Our business analysts (BA) are prepared to dive into your business needs and determine pain points in user workflows. Through user workflow demos, brainstorming calls, and deep dives into solution goals, our BAs are well-equipped to support your team in building a solution that provides long-term success.
QA Engineers
Quality assurance (QA) engineers play a critical role in the success of any software solution. At Geneca, our QA engineers will build test sets based on solution requirements and complete extensive, end-to-end testing to ensure a high-quality and user-friendly experience.
Project Managers
Software development projects are prone to scope creep, which can significantly impact overall costs and the project timeline. Our project managers are equipped to keep projects on track, including holding regular status calls to ensure deadlines are met, identify roadblocks, and determine next steps to resolve them.
UI/UX Designers
Whether you’re building a solution from scratch or updating an existing solution to appeal to new users, having user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) designers is essential to releasing a successful solution. Geneca’s UI/UX designers will perform market and user research to design a user-friendly solution to increase user adoption.
Let Geneca Be Part of Your Outsourcing Strategy
Geneca is not a staffing firm, nor do we offshore work. We employ highly skilled development talent selected for their abilities to move to different technologies and to solve problems. We invest in specialized training in professional consulting skill and the ability to invent software and drive project success. We employ them full-time and make them available exclusively to our clients. They bring experience from many technologies and situations to bring better thinking and solutions.
Our employees are American citizens with expertise in a wide range of technologies and industries. Genecians are experienced in tackling complex assignments for different companies, can ramp up quickly, and seamlessly transition work to your team when the time is right. We provide highly qualified talent you need to keep up with your evolving business.
What Makes Geneca Different
How are Geneca’s software staff augmentation services different from others you’ve likely encountered?
We don’t only offer a service – we offer partnership. We take the stress out of human resource management. We create the best option for you to achieve your goals, all while remaining flexible along the way.
Geneca’s consultants are our full-time, salaried employees who have trained to be professional consultants. They are not working for you temporarily while they hunt for a job—consulting with you is their job. When the assignment with you ends, they will smoothly offboard with you and then transition to their next engagement. Since they still work with us, you can reach out if you have questions or would like to utilize the same person again or need access to past thinking.
Our Genecians consistently delight their clients, whether they’re working remotely or onsite directly with in-house teams. When you add one or more of these uniquely talented tech professionals to your team, you get:
- Software specialists that speak business as well as they speak tech
- Dedicated team members trained to onboard quickly and provide value from day one
- Problem solvers that can quickly identify a challenge, assess the situation, and implement a solid solution
- Collaborative individuals with an unwavering commitment to deliver value and propel your business forward
- Consultants with a wide experience and knowledge base from working with multiple clients across industries
- Extended Geneca network available to brainstorm and advise
Features of Geneca’s Outsourcing Services
Staffing Capacity Gap
If you have an unexpected vacancy, have a team member on extended leave, need an extra burst of capacity, or need skills you don’t normally carry, Genecians smoothly transition in and out of your projects to give you what you need right when you need it.
Product Evolution
If you want to be able to add new features to your software products when your budget allows, we’re ready. You can return time and again to the same team and enjoy the predictability of a long-term partner without the expense of having a development team on your payroll. We have on-demand and retainer-based models.
Roles You Need
Instead of hiring a full team – architect, UI/UX designer, BA, Project Manager, Developers, QA – you can utilize the talent you need for only the time that makes sense for your project. Use our consultants to enhance your in-house team how and when you need to.
Staff augmentation engagement models
Single Specialist
Sometimes, all you need to get your project on track is a single team member who specializes in a specific technology, project model, or support role. When this is the case, our single-specialist model aligns with your needs. After meeting and discussing your project, goals, and current gaps, we can determine who from our team is the best fit and go from there.
Full Team
If you require multiple people to work alongside your team to ensure the overall success of your project, we can work together to determine what roles need to be filled and who at Geneca is the best fit. With our full-team model, we are equipped to provide the support you need across various roles.
On-Demand & Retainer
At Geneca, we value long-term partnerships that ensure the continued success of your software solution. This means we offer on-demand and retainer services for maintenance, workflow updates, and business changes. You can plan for a set number of hours per month and decide what you would like our team to focus on, keeping your solution healthy.
This is our 11th year working with Geneca as our technology partner. On an average month, we purchase 80 hours of development time to use for difficult support items or enhancements from our backlog. Every year, we have a few months that we increase to around 400 hours a month mixing in Architect, BA, and QA skills to add a new set of features to one of our products. More than once, we have added hours to cover while we hired new full-time developers. Our Geneca client partner works with us to keep our technology plan in place and moving forward. We never worry about capacity because we know we have Geneca. They provide the flexibility and the quality that I need to run my IT department.”
FAQs
What's the difference between IT staff augmentation and outsourcing?
Software development outsourcing can range from adding an extra development resource to fill an individual spot on your team to bringing in a dedicated team for the entire development process.
In staff augmentation, outsourcing companies will provide the talent you need right now, ready to onboard quickly and provide value from the start. This could be one person, such as a developer or project manager, or an entire software development team based entirely on your need for outsourcing services.
How quickly can a Geneca consultant start?
Geneca’s team of leadership members, developers, project managers, business analysts, and QA testers are typically ready to support your team when you need them. However, since availability will depend on your staff augmentation needs and project timeline, the best way to determine how quickly our team members can start is to contact Geneca for a commitment-free consultation.
How much do IT staff augmentation services cost?
The cost of software development staff augmentation services will vary based on the size, length, and technical skills you need to complete your team. The bets way to determine the software staff augmentation costs is to contact us today for a commitment-free consultation!
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