Staff Augmentation Services Explained

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What Is Staff Augmentation Service? Staff
Augmentation is one type of outsourcing option to
get your job done but more cost-effectively and
flexibly. It can offer you huge benefits to fill
the essential job roles that are vacant in your
company.  In this service, employees are hired
on a contract basis and they have the option to
serve you from their homes or even from the
office of the company that is offering you Staff
Augmentation services. 
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• What Are the Pros Of Staff Augmentation Services?
• Access To Huge Talent Pool- The hiring process
  for full-time employees may consume a lot of time
  and effort. However, still, the company may not
  create a properly balanced team. Staff
  Augmentation serves businesses as a means of
  short-term recruiting that lets them access a
  huge talent pool. 
• As the Staff Augmentation recruits are
  domain-centric they can offer new thinking
  capabilities to the firms. Apart from that, Staff
  Augmentation enables the companies to appoint
  experienced professionals in certain aspects who
  can offer them more in a short duration of time.
• Cost-Effectiveness- Every business focuses on
  cost savings. It is one of the major ways to
  generate more revenue. Staff Augmentation offers
  cost-effectiveness to the companies in completing
  projects. 

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• Expansion- Software companies always try to scale
  their business high as it helps them in taking
  full advantage of profitable market conditions.
  But to scale up their business they need a bigger
  workforce and for that, they need more capital.
• Staff Augmentation can serve companies in
  extending their workforce by hiring more
  dedicated developers without investing in
  advanced staffing.
• Better Control- Software companies can have
  better control over their projects as in Staff
  Augmentation Services, an organization only
  outsources the employees to other organizations. 
• Having complete control over management can help
  you complete the project as desired. 

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• When To Opt for IT Staff Augmentation Services?
• You can avail of IT Staff Augmentation in
  different scenarios-
• You Are In Need Of Specialized Skills With
  Experience
• Small and mid-sized companies may find it
  difficult to employ fully skilled and experienced
  candidates to handle every project. In some
  cases, giant companies having a complete IT staff
  of experts require hyper-specialized candidates
  for consultation purposes. Staff Augmentation
  offers everyone the flexibility to accept
  projects even with limitations in skills.
• You Need To Manage Increased Workload
• In the IT industry companies often face the
  trouble of increased workload on employees. To
  manage this troubling situation, companies prefer
  seasonal hiring. Staff Augmentation offers you
  the flexibility of hiring for the increased
  workload timeframe. It frees your company from
  hiring full-time employees and then reducing the
  staff when the workload streamlines. 

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• You Need To Complete A Short-Term Project Outside
  Your Expertise
• The IT industry is the fastest growing in terms
  of both innovation and revenue generation. So
  projects with the latest technology may be
  offered to businesses but not having the required
  expertise can force you to back off. Staff
  Augmentation can help you in accepting the
  project. You can hire the required developers
  from outsourcing companies and combine them with
  your existing team.
• You Need To Save Costs
• Having a full-fledged workforce may cost you a
  huge amount of money and in a situation where you
  are focusing on cost savings, it can be a serious
  issue. With Staff Augmentation you can hire
  temporary developers to assist your in-house
  teams and it is far less costly than having a
  bigger full-time staff.

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• When You Want To Upgrade And Innovate
• Often software companies may feel a lack of
  innovation in completing numerous projects. Lack
  of innovation may end up affecting the staff and
  make them feel saturated. 
• During this phase, you can opt for Staff
  Augmentation to bring new perspectives and fresh
  minds to the company. It can help you establish a
  culture of result-oriented ideas and a new style
  to think of creative ideas. 

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• When Not To Opt For IT Staff Augmentation?
• Staff Augmentation is extremely beneficial but
  there are a few scenarios as well where you can
  avoid it-
• When You Have The Experts
• Staff Augmentation offers you the flexibility to
  hire temporary employees to help your in-house
  team in certain areas of completing the project.
  In case you have a complete team who are well
  suited for the project then you must not opt for
  Staff Augmentation as it will only result in
  extra spending.

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• If You Need A Full-Time Member
• IT Staff Augmentation is not full-time. Yes, you
  can hire for the long term but not full-time. So
  if you need a full-time employee to be a
  permanent member of your in-house team and
  coordinate not only on specific projects but
  every single one he is assigned to then you must
  not opt for IT Staff Augmentation.
• You Want To Completely Delegate Responsibility
• In case you are facing issues in multiple
  projects and you think delegating the
  responsibility of a whole project might be
  helpful then IT Staff Augmentation cant be the
  option for you. Yes, you can hire a project
  manager both on a full-time or part-time basis
  for the projects in Staff Augmentation but there
  are far better options available than Staff
  Augmentation like Managed Services to opt-in
  scenarios like this.

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• Considerable Factors While Choosing A Staff
  Augmentation Partner
• Staffing Needs- Identifying own staffing needs is
  the most crucial aspect in deciding on a Staff
  Augmentation partner. You may need a few
  supportive members of your team, or you just
  dont have any extra office space to extend your
  workforce. You may need to free your most skilled
  developers from a specific project to handle
  another business.
• Experience Of Your Partner- The experience of
  your partner is a huge thing as it can lead you
  to complete the project with no compromise in
  quality. 

You can consult their previous clients, review
their portfolio, ensure their experience in your
required field, and go through their reviews and
ratings to ensure that they can offer you quality
service or not.
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• Examine Their Communication Protocol- Communicatio
  n is one of the key activities in partnering up
  with other companies. So it is important to
  understand how much they communicate, and which
  is their communication method.
• Commitment To Security- Security in this modern
  era is the most important factor to consider
  while doing any business activity. You must
  verify if the staffing agency makes both on-site
  and remote staff sign NDAs and ensure employment
  background checks are done.
• Language And Cultural Differences- If you are
  planning to work with a remote staff then you
  must verify that there are no language issues
  between the in-house teams and the outsourced
  talents.

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Final Words The IT industry is the most rapidly
growing across the globe. Regular innovation and
new technologies are forcing software companies
to innovate as well. In doing so Staff
Augmentation has become an essential tool to
achieve success.  Throughout this article, we
have discussed several areas of Staff
Augmentation. We have discovered the advantages
of it, and we also found the disadvantages of the
service. However, it is upon you if you want to
take the risks in completing your projects.
There are several factors you must consider while
selecting your partner as they may hamper your
reputation.  OyeLabs offers you a complete
client-centered service in Staff Augmentation. We
are open to discussion on your needs.