Hire a Dedicated Development Team

Here is practical advice on choosing a dedicated development team:

• make a list of your goals and requirements for the future team
• look for an agency with verified reviews and a list of completed projects
• check available services
• send your requirements and discuss with the vendor’s project manager how they can help on a call
• ensure the vendor understands your challenges and has a vision of how to meet them
• examine cooperation terms carefully and clarify all details
• start with a test task to ensure the team is capable of handling your project

Hiring a dedicated development team will cost you between $5,000 and $100,000 monthly.

Costs depend on:

• project size – the number of engineers in the team and the time they spend on your tasks
• seniority level of engaged engineers – experts tend to charge higher
• team composition – specialists with rare skills add costs
• vendor’s location – engineers residing in cost-effective locations offer lower hourly rates

The dedicated software development team always includes a project manager and technical specialists with a specific focus.

Depending on your particular project needs, this can be:

• UI/UX designers
• front and back-end developers
• mobile development specialists
• QA and testers
• DevOps engineer(s)

Usually, a client interacts with a project manager, the primary contact point. Regular meetings with the entire team are possible to enhance project workflow.

Scaling the development team depends on your short- and long-term strategy. If you need expert help with a specific task or need to handle a temporary workload spike, you can opt for IT staff augmentation.

However, if the scope of work on the system or its part is large, you should contact a dedicated team. In this case, the service provider becomes responsible for efficiently managing size and composition.