It might be difficult and time-consuming to find a trustworthy and experienced overseas software development partner. When looking for a dependable offshore software development business to help you shorten your time to market, it’s important to understand the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing in-house vs. outsourcing.
The advantages of hiring a foreign software development company were discussed in the previous post. Let’s talk about how to find a trustworthy Outsource software firm this week.
- Analyze skills
Offshore companies can manage your entire project or fill skill gaps with a dedicated team of software engineers in their talent pool. However, you need to understand exactly what your needs are in order to find the best development partner with the right skills and tech stack experience. What coding languages are needed? What databases, cloud services, and systems are being used?
- Language and Time Zone
You should consider time zone restrictions. While software development at nearby companies may be more compatible with your working hours, you also lose the advantage of overnight coverage that you can get with foreign companies.
- Diverse fields
Think about it, for each different field, you have to find a suitable outsourcing company. Meetings, pitching, reading profiles of partners will consume a lot of your time. Instead, try to find a company that can provide a wide range of areas, which will save you a lot of time and effort.
- Trusted quality management team
With an established team, the leader is like a captain who leads, judges and anticipates risks in the face of big waves. Big waves are expected largely thanks to well-established processes, drawn from the combat experience of long-standing Outsource companies.
- Your due diligence should also include:
Ask for references and speak directly with past or current clients to gauge project success, communication, and satisfaction.
Interview the group abroad about their skill sets, technical language, past projects and how they would like to work. Make sure you’re not only talking to the sales team, but also talking to the people who will be working on your project to hear things first-hand.
When you are thinking about hiring a software development partner abroad, consider gumi Solutions.
gumi Solutions, a subsidiary of gumi Japan. We provide project supervision by Japanese specialists to ensure that the project process is completed with quality and on time. gumi Solutions firmly addresses the needs of customers in a wide range of fields.
gumi Solutions can provide engineering, testing, and consulting services whether you need local or multinational software development teams. To discover more about what gumi Solutions can do for you, please contact us.
