Team extension is an outsourcing service model in which your in-house team is enlarged by specialists hired from your outsourcing provider. Assume that you need just two QA engineers with expertise in automation. And let’s say you can’t find them in your city – either they don’t have the relevant experience or their salary is beyond your budget. Using the team extension model, you can hire these QA engineers no matter where they are located and for a price you are comfortable with.
You will be able to acquire missing skills and expertise from the best engineers while simultaneously maintaining your core competencies and core team. Vendors will invoice you for only the time developers spent working and the materials they used to do so.
Also, you will be able to save costs on the administrative support of your newly hired staff. Your outsourcing vendor will provide your extended team with:
– Office space (along with all utility services)
– Laptop and other equipment
– HR activities
– Recruitment
– Legal and accounting support
– People retention and motivation
– Conflict resolution
– Training and career development
– Team building activities
– Perks and benefits
However, there will be other responsibilities that will be on your side – and they are even more significant ones and are even more relevant to the project’s success:
– Project and team management
– Task assignment and distribution
– Onboarding
– Performance monitoring
– Knowledge sharing
– Deadlines monitoring
– Code reviews
– Requirements explaining
Using the team extension model, you will have complete control over the whole development process. Your vendor will only support your specialists administratively to ensure they feel comfortable working for you