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Presentation describing a Development Team and a Dedicated Center as software outsourcing models, their main features, pros and cons, and solutions offered by Softheme for both models.

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Software Outsourcing:Development Team vs. Dedicated Center

www.softheme.com

differences |advantages & disadvantages | solutions

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Table of Contents

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Dedicated Center

advantages

disadvantages

Development Team

advantages

What Softheme Provides

for a dedicated center

for a development team

Fast Facts About Softheme’s Approach

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Dedicated center – outstaffing:

Dedicated Center

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The budget – salaries, equipment costs, other expenses – is transparent.

Team members are selected and report directly to on-site project manager.

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Dedicated Center

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ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

Transparency in tracking individual performance, compensation can be identified based on individual results

Low costs – once the center is set up the maintenance expenses are minimal

The on-site and off-site teams work as one organization; this builds creative environment allowing everybody on the team contribute off-the-shelf ideas to the project’s success

High level of dependency on the project team members, ‘people factor’

Transferring procedures for roles and positions are not specified

Not too much room for maintaining discipline, cutting costs if not installed on the initial stages

No clear procedure of resizing a team

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Dedicated Center Overall, a dedicated center could be an efficient model for the teams

of 10+ specialists. Direct management allows building the team which matches exactly the needs of the project.

Complimentary services which need to be taken care of: human resources management accounting legal general oversee

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Fully set up turn-key infrastructure, a pool of resources.

Development Team

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A team within an organization:

During the initiation period the team gets adjusted to the on-site business process.

The skillset and team structure fully correspond to the exact project need.

ORGANIZATION

development team

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Development TeamAdvantages of the model: Stable performance, professional oversee Fully setup environment including demo,

staging, testing environments Technology solutions knowledge base,

proven practices: quality assurance knowledge transfer performance reviews

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Established organizational processes Fast and efficient procedures for a short and long-term replacement of

personnel Flexible team size – depending on the project stage, can be increased or

decreased upon request

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Development Team

Established organizational processes

Fast and efficient procedures for a short and long-term replacement of personnel

Flexible team size – depending on the project stage, can be increased or decreased per request

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The core features of a development team are:

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What Softheme ProvidesFor a dedicated center:

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broadbandcertified

equipment

a team of IT administrators

professional recruiting team

financial, accounting & legal support

convenient secure facility

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What Softheme Provides

cost-free project manager – an experienced specialist with excellent references who will be:

For a development team:

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overseeing the team

making sure the business requirements

are properly understood

ensuring the architectural solutions take

functional/non-functional requirements into account

cost-free QA team on as-needed basis

no cost for additional non-specific equipment

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What Softheme Provides

team size and structure are discussed with the customer to choose the most convenient model for particular project stage

short and long-term replacement of personnel caused by:

non-satisfactory performance vacation sick leave resignation

no charges for the period of knowledge transfer

cost-free training for the staff, buying tools and materials

For a development team:

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Fast Facts About Softheme’s Approach Projects are managed thoroughly to ensure excellent end results

The processes are adjusted to address our customer’s business needs

Core IT domains:

application development web development maintenance and support testing dedicated centers Internet marketing

Long-term partner relationships with our clients

3 dedicated centers and over 10 development teams

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Thank you!

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