Useful Tips for a Successful Offshore Software Development Team

offshore development team, lead developer, development team, software development

When you do not house your development team in your local office, it may seem like it would be difficult to keep your team productive and happy. And you know keeping your development team productive and happy is the key to success. So, how does one do that when your staff is offshore? Here are some tips from Get[Devs]:

Hire the most qualified candidates that will fit into your business’ climate. Get[Devs] is going to give you a choice of specialists that have gone through testing and interviewing with us. You should choose not only one that will fit the bill as far as getting the job done, but also the candidate you think will be able to work with those you have in your office at home. Read More

What Get[Devs] Can Do for You

Get[Devs] is a staff augmentation company. We hire developers, QA engineers and IT professionals for our clients. We help put together their development team and monitor it, acting as an HR representative as the client directs the team. Togther, Get[Devs] and their clients create a development team that works cohesively and successfully.

QA Testing Apps: How to Outsource the One Thing Your Developers Hate but Your Software Really Needs

outsource software testing, quality assurance testing, qa testing, softeware apps — “If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.” – Edsger Dijkstra

Why do developers hate testing? Simple: who would want to try breaking the code they worked so hard to make? Though developers do unit testing, they generally find it off-putting to perform the entire validation work before making the app available to the market. There’s a certain amount of bias when software developers are the only ones testing the software. Read More

Expanding Your Development Team: Hire, Contract or Offshore?

Congrats on that new project! How do we know? You’re here trying to figure out what’s the best way to expand your software development team, right?

Usually, you’d pass along your requirements to HR and be done with it. But nowadays, you have other options to get your projects done. Let’s talk about those for a bit and when it’s best to choose one option over another:

Option 1: Hire a guy (or a bunch of guys)

The most straightforward option. Your HR does their HR magic and grabs developers out of their sorting hat. After a few interviews and a bit of onboarding, your team has their new guys. Read More

Staff Augmentation

Staff Augmentation (as defined by Get[Devs]):

Staff Augmentation is when you use employees hired and managed by Get[Devs] as your own. You direct their day-to-day tasks, communication & project tools, workflow, and deliverables as you would your own employees. Our employees (or to use the industry term, Staff Augments) become your ‘de-facto’ employees.

IT Staff Augmentation

Option 1: Hire a guy (or a bunch of guys)

Staff Augmentation (as defined by Get[Devs]):