Offshore Software
Development Company

You need to choose the right offshore partner to kick off the project for your business. There are outsourcing activities performed by the offshore companies from a different location. Although, you need to consider a few points while selecting the right partner to prevent any disaster and loss of money.

There are multiple tools through which you can stay connected with the offshore developers. Tools like Slack, Zoom, Skype, Google Meet, etc., are some of the best internet technologies invented to stay connected with the team overseas. Managing is not an easy task, so you need to keep the communication clear, minimise micromanaging, and appreciate their hard work at every stage of the development process to keep them motivated throughout the project.

Create the project roadmap. Select which platform you need for the software to be built and what is the purpose of building that product? Once you have all the answers you can find the right partner for the project completion. Discuss the strategies and sign the NDA with them. However, keep clear communication and understand their progress closely by emailing or calling them regularly. As a reputed software development company, they would like to be transparent with their clients and give timely information.

There are multiple benefits and so are the challenges. The most important factor that occurs during working with an offshore team is the time difference. Choose a time where both the companies are working mutually to discuss if anything is required. The second most important factor that becomes a hurdle is the motivational factor that a client needs to maintain in order to keep the developers on their toes.

The onshore company means outsourcing or recruiting the team within your company and providing them training to run the project. Whereas, offshore is to hire a dedicated software development company who has a plethora of skilled developers ready to work immediately without wasting any time on the training.

At Semaphore, you can get skilled professionals with years of experience into developing software. We are a CMMi 5 level company, with 23+ years of experience. Along with the time we have upgraded ourselves to the latest technologies and have successfully completed 4000+ projects of different industries and companies.

• Slack- a communication management tool for instant messaging with the teams.
• Jira- task management tool to focus on the needs and manage the Scrum master to define the workflow.
• GitLab- to manage the code for non-technical projects. It is more popular than Bitbucket.
• Third Party tools like Toggle help in tracking the progress of the project closely.

Yes, there are multiple engagement models for the software development like:

• The fixed-price model
• The time and material
• Offshore development centre
• SLA milestone based model
• IT Staff augmentation
• Hybrid model
• Managed services
• High and Low touch onboarding

The above all the best engagement models. However to choose the best you need to understand what and why of your product and who will fit in the best in terms of quality and budget.

Offshore development companies have a team of experts and they are very skilled to handle complex projects. So, they are good enough to work on long-term projects even if they require a large team or extended time to complete the project. Only if the company or a client is known they would prefer to take up small projects.

• Lower Costs
• On Demand Access to Knowledge
• Expertise workforce
• Time Savings
• Shared responsibility
• Experience
• Scaling the IT development team
• Reliability
• Language Barrier
• Focus on other important tasks of the business