FTE Archives - DevOps Online North America https://devopsnews.online/tag/fte/ by 31 Media Ltd. Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:27:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 Report advises 3 factors to consider when negotiating offshore https://devopsnews.online/report-advises-3-factors-consider-negotiating-offshore/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 14:38:45 +0000 http://www.devopsonline.co.uk/?p=12251 A recent report says experience, business size and development methodologies need to be considered while negotiating offshore software development rates

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A recent report found that offshore software development rates vary with geographical location, experience, technology and project duration, despite development rates being ordinarily estimated by the full-time equivalent (FTE) or hourly rates.

When several offshore software development companies offer the same services at competitive prices, businesses often face a dilemma of choosing the right provider.

3 Factors that need to be considered while negotiating offshore software development rates include:

  • Experience: You should consider the outsourcing team’s experience in the desired technologies and platforms that you want them to work on and ask for a portfolio of past projects to understand its complexities. A highly experienced team may require slightly higher development costs but can help reduce development time and offer quality-centric services.
  • Team size: Defining your software development requirements accurately helps estimate the required team size for the project, so you should look for an offshore development company that allocates a project manager along with the dedicated resources.
  • Development methodology: Agile, lean, DevOps and waterfall are some of the development methodologies used by software development companies – among these, agile and DevOps have gained popularity owing to its flexibility.

Different forms of agile methodology also include scrum, crystal, and feature-driven development methodology.

Written from press release by Leah Alger

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