Your company has been successfully running with a skilled in-house development team. However, you want to create a customer portal to stay competitive and engage your current customer base better. Your team’s workload is currently at capacity, and you also know that to implement this, you must hire to help bridge the skill set gap within your team.
Implementing new technologies can be risky, especially when your in-house team lacks experience in these areas. Disrupting the current operations without assured expertise doesn’t always make sense either. On top of that, in a fast-paced industry, learning and implementing new technologies in-house could significantly delay the time to market.
What if there was an alternative to hiring an in-house developer to help solve your need? Enter Supplemental Software Development Services.
With supplemental software development services, you can bridge the gaps within your team without hiring a full-time in-house developer with the necessary expertise and skill set. Supplemental software development services provide you with:
This article will look at and define supplemental software development services. How supplemental software development services can be a cost-effective alternative to hiring, the value software development services can bring, and our approach to the supplemental software development service here at Onsharp.
Supplemental software development services refer to bringing in external developers to help fill in the gaps and work alongside your in-house team. These developers can be freelancers, contractors, or members of a specialized development firm like ours here at Onsharp.
Typically, developers are contracted on a short-term basis to help with specific projects, such as building a web portal, creating custom software, or supplying support on a special project.
Supplemental development services aim to provide additional resources and expertise to help your in-house team meet goals, not replace your team.
With supplemental software development services, you don’t have to worry about scouting, hiring, training, and supervising a full-time employee(s) — or providing enough work to keep them busy. Instead, you can outsource the development of a particular project, either in full or partially, to a highly experienced team of professionals.
The catch? There isn’t one, really. Supplemental software development services gives you:
Hiring full-time, in-house developers is a great way to drive long-term growth. However, recruiting takes a lot of time, resources, and money.
Let’s put this into perspective: finding and hiring a new in-house developer requires months of searching, interviewing, negotiating, and training — on top of paying them a salary and an enticing benefits package.
Multiple studies have estimated that hiring one new employee costs between $4,000 and $20,000, depending on the industry. This amount creeps even higher for full-time software engineers, as most companies use an external recruiting firm to find talent. In turn, those firms typically charge a fee of about 25% of the prospect’s yearly salary. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for software developers is $130,160 So, before considering all other associated costs, employers are looking at as much as $32,000 to find someone.
This traditional take on finding talent doesn’t always make sense. In the short term, you spend more on onboarding and training than it’s worth. And, if business starts to slow down or a big project wraps up, you may have to scale back your development team — despite all the time and money you spent on recruiting.
There are several reasons why supplemental software development services are an excellent choice for your business:
Have you tried software development services before and not had the most ideal experience? We get it; outsourcing your development usually means you will work with a company that will ship your project off and you will probably never hear from them again until your project is complete or if problems arise. That is why choosing the right partner is so important from the start.
Concerned about onboarding outside developers onto your team? With the right partner, you shouldn’t be!
Before bringing on outside development help it’s important to make sure you choose the right partner.
Here are four tips to help you make the right choice:
At Onsharp, we are working to change the industry with our approach to service. Our team of expert developers is entirely US-based and is headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. This guarantees you’ll be working with reliable professionals who are easily accessible and understand the importance of clear communication and meeting your deadlines.
With our supplemental software development service, you get access to experienced software developers right out of the gate. Providing ongoing support is our specialty, so whether you need developers for twelve months or are looking for a long-term partnership, rest assured that our expert developers are here to help.
Our onboarding process is designed with efficiency and effectiveness in mind. Every company’s process may look different, but here is our approach:
But don’t just take our word for it! Here is a client success story featuring Steffes Group.
For many companies that may be in the midst of a large project, are looking for immediate access to expert developers, or are interested in building a long-term and flexible partnership, supplemental software development services offer all of that and more — and without the laundry list of costs associated with traditional hiring.
By bringing in external developers to supplement your in-house team, you can access specialized skills, increase productivity, save money, and reduce risk. Supplemental software development can be a cost-effective way to tackle projects you couldn’t tackle otherwise.