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Laura Villa for SunDevs Inc.

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What are the typical challenges for IT staff augmentation?

More and more companies are choosing to hire staff for their IT services and the partners who provide these services are offering different experiences to meet this need. However, there are several common problems that could be facing with the IT staff augmentation model. Let's see some of them and how to resolve them:

1. Failure to meet expectations

In the software development process, it is possible that customer expectations are not the same as the final product, resulting in many executives and decision makers in companies facing many shortcomings in their initial improvement experience. To overcome this problem, you need to inform from the beginning to your staff augmentation provider your expectations and objectives, this way, it will be easier to identify the right skills you need.

2. The quality of service

One of the biggest challenges you will face when choosing the IT staff augmentation partner is the quality. Sometimes the provider will not meet the standard quality of the augmented staff. In order to prevent problems with wrong code lines, cost overrun and delays in the projects, you have to do a complete investigation on the potential companies. You should look for case studies and other client’s comments to make sure you are going to work with a great partner.

3. Communication

Poor communication makes many projects fail or end by being what you want them to be, which is why you will not be allowed to put a barrier between the augmented staff and the team you already have, as well as between your new provider and your company. To avoid communication barriers, the best thing is to make a solid communication plan and use all the necessary collaboration and communication tools to make the project development process go smoothly. These tools will help the development team connect seamlessly.

4. Costs and legal aspects

Legal recruitment methods are a challenge that can raise many questions about trying to build an IT development team. You may not be sure what to do when the time comes to add your employees, allowing you to continue, what the process is, and what expenses you have to pay. Often, is the same service provider who handles all permits and legal procedures, in fact, as a contractor you don’t have to worry about this aspect. Also, by adding IT staff you will be paid for as much time as the developers are spending working on your project.

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