Q: How do you really get "time to market" efficiencies? How do you realistically respond to your client requests faster?
A: With a team which knows your applications and knows how you want them to work!
Q: With my in-house staff I am able to change priorities as necessary. When outsourcing software development, I am penalized for changing priorities, even when they are dictated by the market.
A: You need the same flexibility with an offshore software development team that you have with your in-house team; in both changing priorities and costs.
Q: How can you have that same type of response utilizing Global resources located in Ukraine?
A: Have Softjourn assemble a custom software development team and give you the tools you need to manage your offshore software development team via Softjourn’s ATMua service.
What Offshore Outsourcing with Softjourn is not:
Offshore Outsourcing does not have to mean that product knowledge goes out the door. Receive the benefits of having your own custom software development team in Ukraine. Establish a Virtual Operations Development Center (VODC) via Softjourn, and get the advantages of offshore insourcing without the disadvantage of immediately establishing your own company. When you are ready and if it fits with your company strategy, you can move to an offshore insourcing model.
| Retain product knowledge in the company | Control - Team works for you! | Ease of use | Flexibility to use team as needed | Reduced cost | No in-country Legal Admin issues | |
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Get started with experience:
Softjourn’s management team is comprised of seasoned professionals who have worked and lived in Ukraine, and are intimately familiar with what it takes to successfully work in this offshore outsourcing environment. Softjourn’s knowledge base in managing distributed software development in Ukraine, Russia and Israel is solid and distinguished. Read further on Softjourn’s Best Practices.
Getting started offshoring with us:
Softjourn’s pilot to ODC model provides clients with a dedicated software development team ready to aggressively take on technology projects as you need them. For a sample schedule of activities which occur from Initial meeting to Virtual Operations Development Center (VODC) send an email to: Emmy B. Gengler.
ATMua explained:
Softjourn’s ATMua service helps you get the right team in place and receive optimal benefit from your offshore team. The service consists of three components.
Equipment/tools/telecommunications: Based on the makeup of your team and the business areas they are working under, the appropriate equipment and tools need to be put in place; both hardware and software. The configuration needed may also depend on your security requirements. Softjourn works with you to determine the optimal infrastructure for your team. Additional infrastructure provided may include:
- Providing collaboration and project sites
- Providing disaster recovery backup to US servers
II. Human Resources
Human resources start with sourcing talent per your specifications. Softjourn conducts initial screening of employees based on technical, business and language requirements. After a potential candidate passes this initial screening, your hiring manager will receive information on qualified candidates for their choosing and for the possibility to interview them by voice or other means per your usual hiring practices.
As required, Softjourn can also perform background checks on Ukrainian candidates which can include a criminal record check.
III. Distributed Team Process
Softjourn’s distributed team process is all about eliminating the distinction between in-house and offshore services. In order to achieve our objective, we emphasize two key issues; Knowledge Transfer and Communications, which often cause offshore software development to fail.
Knowledge Transfer: The Remote team understands the vision of the application, understands the architecture, and has domain expertise. We believe business skills are just as important as technical skills. To assure that information is received and understood knowledge transfer will take place in several forms. The new team will learn on its own, as well as learn from the client.
Communications: When working with virtual teams, all parties need to know when they can expect a response to their questions, when someone will call them back, or to know how and when they can contact someone to discuss an issue. To simply say that we are available any time is not enough. In order to assure that our clients feel comfortable with when and how they can contact us and when they can expect a response, all team members both client and Softjourn, onshore and offshore will have access to an Availability Chart and a Communications Priority chart.
Other assistance provided under Softjourn’s Distributed Team Process include:
- Providing our own coding standards for your systems development as necessary
- Providing our own QA Testing Planning process if you do not have an internal process
- Transition management which can assist you in the US, to help move from all in-house to distributed teams
Business Areas Covered by our ATMua Service:
Softjourn provides its ATMus service in the areas of software engineering, QA testing and Marketing Business Process Outsourcing.
Assemble your team whether it is one person or many persons in one of the business areas or in multiple areas, we are ready to work with you!
Why Softjourn:
Because we do it too! We are a multi-national, working and getting done much more than just software development offshore and we can help you do the same!
Contact us for more information on Softjourn’s ATMua service.
