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Staff Augmentation Vs Managed IT Services – Which is best for your IT staffing needs?

Beyond Key Team — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 08:38:15 +0000

Insights published on Global IT Outsourcing Market say that the IT Outsourcing market is expected to grow at 4.42% CAGR during the period 2019-2022.

As IT costs continue to rise, many businesses want to find ways to reduce their IT spending. By keeping their costs down, they can invest more in their core business.

To help companies save on time and money, it is vital that corporations understand the IT Outsourcing industry’s primary models of operations:

IT Staff Augmentation
Managed Services

Both having their pros and cons. Therefore, to help businesses choose the model that fits their needs best, we want to share below how the process works along with the advantages of using these models.

IT Staff Augmentation

The best definition for Staff Augmentation is the temporary hiring of a skilled workforce. These skilled workers augment the current staff by lending their experience to specific project requirements.

In this model, you can select qualified candidates from the list provided by the service provider. While you still need to manage these workers, you are not their employer. Instead, you can use them for your specific project needs. That way, you only pay for the time they worked on your projects.

Managed IT Services

In the Managed IT Services model, you outsource your projects to a third party (service provider) who has the expertise and experience to carry out the entire project.

The service provider does everything from structuring a team with their developers to managing all processes. Your firm doesn’t need to have in-house tech expertise or spend time on your remote development team.

You receive regular updates from your account manager detailing the progress on the project. Of the two models, this is more of a hands-off approach to IT outsourcing.

Staff Augmentation VS Managed IT services

Comparisons	Staff augmentation	Managed Services
Team	100% dedicated and skilled team managed by the service provider and approved by Client	The team selected by the client from an existing team of service provider- based on skills
Technology	Client	Service provider
infrastructure	Service provider	Service provider
Payroll	Service provider	Service provider
HR management	Service provider	Service provider
Product management	Client	Business requirement– provided by the client Software requirement- managed by the service provider
Financial control	Time and material, fixed price, cost +	Cost +
Technical control	Service provider	Client can manage project flow

What’s good in each model!

Staff augmentation

Good for projects with tight deadlines
Cost-effective solution
Add skilled talent to fill specific roles
Retains control of the project
Builds a strong team

Managed services

Convenient, subscription-based pricing
Work is done by skilled experts
No infrastructure or maintenance cost
Payment based on SLA and result
Scalable based on project demands

Still not sure how to fill your IT staffing needs?

The choice between two outsourcing models should be based on a detailed cost-benefit and skills analysis. For example, if your company needs specialized services in the short-term duration that your IT department does not possess, then staff augmentation is probably the best model for your business.

However, if you need help with an on-going project, then consider managed IT services. This model provides a predictable cost model, scalability on demand, and long-term relationship based on knowledge sharing.

Let us help you

At Beyond Key, our expertise lies in a deep bench of experience over a broad range of technology disciplines. We can align your technology with evolving business processes and our IT expertise. We can work with your business regardless of your stage of software deployments, upgrades, and integrations.

Our consultative approach spreads across a broad range of technologies. Take the burden off your team today by contacting us about how we can help with our staff augmentation and managed services. Let us know what your project and skill requirement is, and we will connect with you in less than one business day to consult you with the right model!

Set up a free consultation to find out how we can best serve your needs!

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Staff Augmentation – Addressing your immediate skills gap

Beyond Key Team — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 10:47:24 +0000

Staff augmentation has recently emerged as one of the most sought requirements within the technology domain. With project skills becoming numerous and more technical, companies are looking forth for quick hiring technically strong staff rather than keep training people from scratch. Beyond key has already developed a strong team of 100+ developers and all set for helping companies like with our well researched staff augmentation services. Keep reading below to know further as to how we can help you.

What is Staff Augmentation?

Staff Augmentation is referred to as an outsourcing strategy that aids in filling the skill gap present in companies. It helps the professional to evaluate the existing staff and then determine which additional skills are required. You are the one to choose from the candidates that fit your requirements and to cut or extend your augmented team whenever you need to. In staff augmentation, the company hires an expert and not a person that has a general knowledge of things.

Why companies need Staff Augmentation?

Companies worry the most about getting an efficient and skilled team on work when a new project is looming ahead. While many companies do possess the expertise to handle all their demands, some may not have specific knowledge or expertise in the area. During such situations, companies are forced to augment their existing staff with new professionals on a per-project basis.
Sometimes organizations could also be short of resources to complete a project on time. In such a scenario, hiring permanent staff might accomplish the task at hand, but you will have to end up paying them year-round without assigning further tasks with them. There are many reasons why IT companies are looking more and more towards Staff Augmentation. Productivity, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness are few of the reasons why businesses of all sizes rely on augmented staffing to get things done

Staff Augmentation Services by Beyond Key

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What are the advantages of Staff Augmentation?

Lower Developmental cost

Cost efficiency on operations and infrastructure

Increased productivity

Reduced hiring headaches

Flexibility

Lower Developmental cost:

With Staff augmentation, you don’t have to bother and spend on recruiting, employee benefits, taxes and more. you can pay augmentation workers only for the period they work. And as you directly hire skilled professionals, you also save on training of them on technology.

Cost efficiency on operations and infrastructure:

You don’t need to worry about infrastructure costs like office space, workstations, and other facilities. Just pay a fee for the service and the vendor takes care of arranging everything, while you can focus on your main business activities.

Increased productivity :

Staff augmentation allows you to choose the best resources at one shot. Your team gets productive on the project on day one thus increasing your daily productivity and time as well. Working for one client with full focus and dedication also boosts productivity and expected outcomes.

Reduced hiring headaches :

As you hire a staff augmentation service company like us, all the backend processes like searching for suitable resumes and the initial selection process are handled by us. The only part of the recruitment process which remains your responsibility is final interviewing and selection.

Flexibility :

With Staff augmentation services you are always in a win-win situation. You can scale the size of your workforce according to the demands. More staff for more work. You can also easily replace the developer as per skill requirement and choose among the wide talent pool of IT Professionals. You can also set your preferred geography and timing for your development team.

Beyond Key Staff Augmentation services

At Beyond Key, we help you hire the best technology experts for your business and projects. With our decade long technical expertise in staff augmentation and managed IT services, we have helped our global clients to fill their technological and expertise gaps.

We provide flexible team augmentation services – whether you need to hire 1 developer or a full-fledged cross-functional team of experts. We can also help for other tech professionals like support resources or technical writers and more. All you need is to connect with us and share your skill and resource requirements with us.

We are offering IT Staff augmentation as well as Managed IT services for our global clients. Both models of outsourcing resources have their own pros and cons. Our clients usually ask us about these in detail and how to make it easy to choose the right service for them. We provide them free consultation session to discuss their requirements with us and we recommend them the right model and right process to proceed.

Our Staff augmentation process

Our Staff Augmentation process is extremely simple. It is a 4-step process:

Share your requirements

All we need from you is a clear and precise requirement. It should have details like the number of resources you want, skills, qualifications, and experience. You can start with 1 developer to build an entire cross-functional team, as per your need.

Interview and selection

Based on your requirements, our recruitment team will find candidates, interview them, and provide the most relevant candidates for you to review. You can conduct the final interview rounds and select the most suitable team for you.

Integrate and Kick start

We provide them all necessary infrastructure, workstation to set up themselves and kick start the work. We also establish the necessary reporting, communication, and workflow for the working culture of your new hires.

Gain total control

We ensure to set up a proper and efficient communication system between you and the augmented team, so you have complete transparency on who is doing what and how. You can set up expected outcomes from the team in the regular meetups and set up a smooth system as per your project requirements thus having total control on your augmented team.

Conclusion

Staff Augmentation services are promising and present several advantages like decent savings on time, efforts and money for augmenting company, less hiring headaches, increased productivity and flexibility. So, when do you plan to hire IT staff augmentation services?

At Beyond Key, we are offering IT staff augmentation services. We provide flexible team augmentation services – whether you need to hire 1 developer or a full-fledged cross-functional team of experts.

If you have more questions about staffing, outsourcing or staff augmentation, don’t worry. We’re here to answer all of them. Contact us to talk to your experts or request a quote by filling a form below.

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