The term "SaaS" – "software as a service", referring to a software delivery model is well known. However, another similar term is gaining popularity recently: "SDaaS" – "Software Development as a Service"– which depicts a software development model that is highly beneficial for a company considering expanding the in-house software development group.
Companies have their own IT department(s) or development team(s), completing the day-to-day tasks or long-term projects, and guaranteeing full functionality. But when experiencing bottlenecks in the internal department or needing to expand the resources to complete requests from the Stakeholders the planning gets caught up in a long, drawn-out process.
Hiring is required, preceded by interviews, meetings, negotiations iterating through these steps until a match is achieved. All along with the risk of having to go through the whole process again if the candidate was employed and then turned out to be a mismatch.
The powerful SDaaS-concept alleviates this as it is a ready service from which the company can require the needed resource(s). A flexible and on-demand software development service conceived to alleviate the complexity when needing resources and with predictable or definable ongoing costs through a fully flexible scalability concept freely configurable with non-binding contracts.
With growing demand for your services with requirements of faster turn-over of new features or demand of better team performance, team augmentation seems like a straightforward way to quickly accommodate these needs. But the usual recruiting process falls short of accommodating these needs due to the drawn-out hiring process which includes uncertainty of the correct match and pending time through notice periods etc.
Furthermore it is costly to plan team augmentation ahead of time as it requires that the hiring occurs ahead of the planned execution time.
This sums up to the need of delivery faster than ever, with cost-effectiveness, when the need is present.
This carves out some of the reasons why you should consider SDaaS:
Your own hiring process is exhausting and doesn't guarantee the right fit for your requirements.
Fast expansion with the flexibility of relocation or even replacement as needed.
Possibility for future planning and preparation of resources without immediate cost.
The liberty of not being bound by lengthy legally binding timeframe contracts.
SDaaS allows you to regulate software development, use engineers with the experience and the technical knowledge you need all-together with the utmost cost-benefit.
SDaaS lets you organize tasks and work completion at your rate by defining the needed work-force.
SDaaS is a non-binding long-term partnership meaning that you are in charge of the resource(s) and able to scale up or down as needed.
The embedding of the resource into your organization provides the transparency needed to monitor progress and prevent deviation.
SDaaS reduces risks by being highly flexible in capacity and function thereby being a powerful tool in effectively managing scope changes and thereby preventing project failure.
The flexibility also covers the type of resource(s) needed with the possibility to switch resource(s) whenever needed, thus optimizing the efficiency of your SDaaS.
SDaaS lets you control and optimize your project budget by giving you the freedom to scale up or down as needed.
As the SDaaS is a non-binding partnership with you in charge of the resource(s) you can predefine budget limits or dynamically revise budgets and regulate your SDaaS accordingly.
SDaaS allows you to build a long-term non-binding relationship with a dedicated software development team with predictable costs considered and approved in advance.
SDaaS can save you up to 60% on your operating and administrative costs by relieving you from the staff-hiring process and all the software and hardware purchases usually needed when hiring and onboarding employees.
SDaaS provides a complete solution that you purchase on a pay-as-you-go basis. You reserve the use of a developer for your organization and this allows you to work with a specified monthly budget that is less than the cost of a in-house full-time hire. This provides you with a dynamic financial planning, if needed, and no unexpected costs.
Finding a company with good experience and reliable developers isn't that easy. You should know what you're looking for before deciding.
The most crucial factor for choosing an SDaaS provider is that the provider must complement and accentuate the organization with added value in terms of skill, knowledge and assimilation. The effect of cultural factors are minimized with the increase of communication skills. These are some key areas you should focus on:
Quality Assurance.
Flexibility and Agility.
Communication Skills.
The closest to the truth measurements of software development progress is regular conversations with the team, reviews of subsequent sprints and checking the correctness of estimation.
An additional benefit of this approach is entering Agile, encouraging and allowing regular feedback and continuously participating in the project's life.
As the competition has increased since the early 2000s, companies have started to look for offshore companies in North Africa. It has quickly become a chief destination thanks partly to cost competitiveness and time-zone compatibility with Europe.
Morocco's offshoring supply relies on assets such as cultural and geographical proximity with European clientele and the availability of a qualified workforce, making it the best destination for European companies.
"Outsourcing is one of the fast growing industries in Morocco, with international market presence, making it the number one African destination for the sector. It is a thriving industry thanks to its proven agility and adaptability and its highly qualified services recognized worldwide."
Morocco Now (Moroccan Investment and Export Agency)
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