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For CTOs and Heads of Engineering who want great software, without the hassle of hiring, managing, and firefighting operations.
You consider to outsource, because:
And you’ve got questions around:
Let’s have a further look at these questions.
Hiring is slow and expensive
Good engineers are hard to find, harder to keep, and your best people are overloaded.
This is a good reason to consider outsourcing. But it’s important to keep high standards. So discuss the hiring process, the attrition rates, how the people are trained. Also look at Glassdoor and other sites to see if people like to work for this company.
Your span of control is too heavy
More teams, more products, more projects, more operational noise. You want to get more time for strategy.
This is also a good reason to consider outsourcing. But check how they manage projects. Do you pay a lot for overhead? Or do teams just take ownership and deliver results?
Do more with less
You’re under pressure. You have Less budget, less headcounts, but same or higher expectations.
Don’t look at hourly rates only. You get what you pay for. Look at the value per euro. One good engineer can do the job of 2 mediocre engineers.
“Will I still own the architecture and technical direction? Will we meet our deadlines?”
“Will I keep high quality? Will my users be still satisfied? Will the codebase be maintainable in 2 years?
Develop Features, maintenance and/or operations?
to nearshore, offshore or blended?
Or not for now?
You don't want new problems. You want high retention (low attrition), high quality, candor culture, ownership.
Full stack? Or only frontend or backend?
And not with a solution
How we help you make the right decision
that will solve your challenges
not create new ones.
With over 20 years of experience, NPS of 95 and attritions below 3%.
We know what’s crucial in making proper choices
More details around the different types
We talk about nearshore when (geographical) distance is low and offshore when that’s large. For Europe, nearshore is often within Europe and offshore is India or South-America.
Considerations
Outsourcing features means the partner builds the (software) features and handles testing, releases, quality and maintenance.
We talk about managed services, when the partner gives 24/7 support, SLAs. The partner is also responsible for backlog- and incidentmanagement.
Considerations
Staffing means the people are hired by your partner, you pay for the work they do. The partner is responsible for hire, illness, training and (if needed) firing.
GCC (Global Competence Center) means that the people are on your payroll, you have a local legal entity. The partner helps you setup the GCC and after 2 to 4 years, you get the keys.
Considerations
Start with advice, not execution. In a short call or assessment, we help you decide what to outsource (features, maintenance, operations), how to stay in control, and what model (nearshore, offshore, managed services) fits your situation.
No commitment needed — clarity first.
Most CTOs start with one of these:
This is important. Don’t look at low hourly rates only. Great engineers still need a proper salary.
When considiring partners, look at attrition rates, years of experience, what you pay for overhead.
DevOn hires only the top 1 out of 20 engineers, pays them above market, and trains them continuously in:
Good to check. When the location is in a techhub, it means that there is a good university and many other technology companies. That attracts talents and people stay in the region.
In large enough techhubs (like Bangalore), all technologies are available. So your tech. stack is covered.
The governance model is crucial.
Start with outsourcing that suits solves your challenges
