In this blog, we briefly share our experience with team augmentation, specifically engaging with service companies in India. We delve into the process of discovering, connecting with, and collaborating with them. Our focus centers on…

Every entrepreneur “has a dream”—a dream of starting a business, developing their “great” idea, and taking it to market. However, not every business venture succeeds; in fact, over 80% fail within the first year. The…

There are several documents that you need to create when outsourcing a project to service companies, especially remote organizations. These documents and a brief description are listed below. Note that not all of them may…

Statement of Work (SOW) serves as a comprehensive description of the Project Requirements. It covers diverse aspects of the project including scope, objectives, features/functionality (product requirements), testing requirements, communication (frequency, method, status reporting), standing meetings,…

As a project manager, if you ever find yourself expressing frustration to a service company by saying, “but that’s not what I asked for”, or getting a response like “we thought that’s what you meant”,…

What is team augmentation? Team augmentation is about hiring additional resources, usually as contractors, to supplement an existing internal team. These resources are integrated into the existing team’s culture, workflow, and processes. Team augmentation can…

What is outsourcing?  Outsourcing is the practice of hiring another company (generally referred to as a service provider) to perform a task or service that is typically done in-house. It can include a variety of…

As someone who has been in the tech industry for over 35 years, I was shocked, but not surprised, when multiple tech companies made headlines for laying off thousands of employees. Over 200K employees were…

“As I sat at my desk, staring at the piles of paperwork and bills, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed and unfulfilled. I had been working for someone else for years, climbing the corporate ladder…

With active inflation and fear of recession, many companies in the US are implementing hiring freezes to cut costs and survive the downturn. While this may seem like a necessary step in the short term,…