Dedicated Development Team vs. Team Extension: What is Right for Your Project?
Companies often refer to outsourcing in order to deal with business challenges, such as skill gaps, costly development, and maintenance burden. According to the Deloitte 2021 Global Shared Services and Outsourcing Survey, 88% of companies decide to outsource to perceive cost reduction, 78% – standardization and process efficiency, and 63% – business value.
Outsourcing, in general, does not solve all of these problems simultaneously. It comes with several service models that have necessary capacity to address different needs. The two most popular outsourcing models – a dedicated team and team extension – vary in problems they solve, resources they draw, the nature of cooperation, and price.
Yet, a decision about whether to go with a dedicated team or to hire some developers from your outsourcing vendor’s side should not be made solely based on the cheapest paycheck. Your service model should be in line with your needs. Otherwise, you run the risk of paying twice: first, for the option you thought was the right one for you and then for the one that actually was.
This is why we are going to discuss today the differences between a dedicated team and a team extension outsourcing model and how to choose the one that works best for you!
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE ON DEVELOPING YOUR FINTECH APP
Old-fashioned approaches to finances and economics are already history. Why is fintech getting so popular? It is faster, more accessible, and more flexible. Fintech apps’ appearance was one of the main recent trends in global economics. But what does one need if they want to design their fintech application?
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HOW TO BUILD AN ONLINE EDUCATION PLATFORM
Today neither students, nor teachers and professors can imagine their daily routine without online studying due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. Dozens or even hundreds of online services are being used daily by both scholars and education staff. However, it is not the pandemic we should give all the credit for online education to exist. Alternative ways of studying appeared as early as the XIX century. Advanced tech such as steam engines and the railway assured faster and more reliable correspondence delivery, thus making remote education possible. The very next important step towards online learning was made in the XX century with computers and the Internet being invented. In 1989 the University of Phoenix became the first institution to launch a fully online collegiate institution providing both bachelors and masters degrees. A few years later in 1994 the International University (Missouri) became the first fully online-based higher educational institution. Nowadays all major universities use online platforms to provide education services to their students. And again: it all has started even before the pandemic. Educational institutions used numerous platforms as secondary or even major tools in their work. The most advanced universities paid great attention to elearning platforms development. They used online platforms as a single place, where students could send their homeworks and get all the necessary materials to cram for their exams.
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Best 12 practices to launch a brand new website
Launching a new website is quite a tedious task to cope with. It’s a crucial process which will identify the web page’s success and how quickly it will start bringing you profit. To avoid making fateful mistakes, we recommend to take into consideration these guidelines.
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How to update your marketplace app in 2021?
Creating a successful marketplace application may seem a Herculean task to cope with. However, its maintenance is not a simpler task either. Here we come across the helpful app upgrades. But why do you need to upgrade your application and what features a renewed app should have? Let’s dig deeper into these questions.
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Why do we use the Laravel framework?
Created and released almost 10 years ago, open-source PHP framework Laravel stole a heart from lots of web developers. Why? Because of its simplicity, popularity and … elegance. Similarly to other frameworks, its aim is to diminish the code length and simplify the integration of extra plugins. Laravel has a large range of intrinsic options and appliances. This helps devs to build projects of any difficulty and scale. No matter what you have in mind - a simple and humble webpage or complex social platform - Laravel will handle it.
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How to upgrade your old website for 2021?
Living in a hectic constantly changing world, you can hardly ever find something that remains the same. This statement relates not only to daily routine, but also to any job issues such as keeping your website updated. If your site doesn’t adjust to the latest trends and you haven’t done any rebranding or upgrades for ages, you risk to appear old-fashioned and stagnated.
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How to build a successful development team? (Part 2)
You have already got acquainted with the aspects of first and foremost importance related to forming a successful development team. Let’s proceed with our journey and dwell upon the matter of adequate maintenance of the enhancement team on a certain level. Which characteristics and skills should remain firm with the flow of time?
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How to build a successful development team? (Part 1)
Does a successful team equal to a successful project? Practically everyone who once was involved with project making and contributing to the software development field wants to know the answer to this question. No matter what the right answer is, the art of building a strong and powerful team is still on the agenda. So let’s dig deeper and find out the constituents of a successful development team which will lead your project to the favourable outcome.
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Communication in the software development workplace
IT office jungles are filled with computer forests, cable lianas, and rivers of coffee. The temperature varies between 24 and 27, depending on who keeps the conditioner remote control. The sunlight mainly comes from computer screens and lightbulbs. Developers are working like bees: they take the pollen of code and create honeycombs of apps. It is a beautiful environment filled with the magical power of innovation, creativity, and agility. However, this ecosystem only works if there is one more component. Communication.
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Our first experience at SapientPro. The Founders (Part 2)
SapientPro is a place where there are no bosses and a strict hierarchy. However, it all began somehow, right? We call them "the Founders" because they initiated the creation of the company. Their first days in the company, are the first days of the company.
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