Key Factors to Choose the Best Offshore Remote Company

Offshore Outsourcing or Hiring On-Demand Remote Staff(s) is very popular in IT Business. It’s a big trend in almost all first world countries. Here, on this blog, we will discuss the “Key Factors to choose the best Offshore Remote Company”. There are so many reasons why Offshore Outsourcing or On-Demand Hiring is so popular! IT Companies in First World countries don’t like to bear a bigger cost for the workspace, which increases over time. Keeping in-house staff is always higher than Hiring Offshore developers. To run a Big Company with a big workspace in First World Countries, Startup Entrepreneurs often need to pay huge money to buy all the systems, devices, Internet Service, etc. Companies like Apple launch new versions of their Devices very frequently and to keep in-house staff, an entrepreneur needs to buy all the testing devices on his own. Also, Engineers need to be trained periodically. There are many other points, that we will discuss in any other blog. These problems make it really painful to run the business smoothly. Thus they come up with the idea of Offshore Outsourcing or On-Demand Remote Staff Hiring.

There are Millions of Small, Medium, and Big Offshore Companies, those do Managed Offshore Outsourcing, or offer On-Demand Remote Developer Hiring! It’s not an easy job to pick the best so easily unless you know the following points:

Key Factors to choose the best Offshore Remote Company:

In the following points, we will discuss the points mainly based on India, as India has known to have Millions of Small, Big, and Large Companies providing Managed Outsourcing services and On-Demand Remote Staff to the first world countries like the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, etc.

1. Recognition and Certification:

Your Offshore Outsourcing Partner Company must be registered to the Government. A Government Registered Company in India will have a Corporate Identification Number or CIN Number. You can even verify the CIN number on the government website, http://www.mca.gov.in/. Recognition and Certification always play a vital role while choosing your Offshore Outsourcing Partner Company. Registered companies always take care of their reputation, thus you will only receive quality services.

2. A company with In-house Staff:

The ideal Outsourcing Partner should always have their own in-house staff. They should not sub-contract or re outsource your projects. Sub-contracting or re-outsourcing always bring the risk of Intellectual Property threat and quality issues. Reputed Companies with in-house staff, often have Quality HR Team. The HR Team always hire Top-level engineers from Reputed Engineering Colleges and Universities.

3. Number of Resources:

It’s always important to know the number of in-house staff your Outsourcing Partner has. It directly or indirectly shows the reputation and strength of that company. A company with 100+ in-house staff can assign you any number of staff. They can replace your Remote Staff on proven performance issues. They can assign an immediate backup staff if your existing remote staff falls sick.

4. Non-Disclosure and Intellectual Property Protection:

Your Offshore Outsourcing Partner should not think twice to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) and/ or IP (Intellectual Property) Agreement. In most cases, projects have some unique features, that the owners don’t want to disclose to anyone. NDA and IP Agreement gives that protection to your projects. Under NDA or IPA, your Partner Company and Development Team is bound to keep everything secret until the launch of the project. The points of the agreement may vary based on the client’s requirement.

5. Very Good Communication Skill:

One of the key points of successful projects is very good communication between the Development team and the client party. Your Offshore Development Team must have developers and designers with fluent English. The Development team should be able to attend Video and Voice calls with you. Calls always save a lot of time than text chats.

6. Degrees always matter:

It’s very important to know about the Degrees your Remote Developers are holding. Ask your Offshore Outsourcing Company for the CVs of the developers working on your projects. Your Developers must have any of the following degrees: B.E./ M.E/ B.Tech/ M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering or Information Technology or MCA.

7. Testing Team:

The Offshore Company, where you outsource your projects or from where you hire remote staff, should have an in-house Testing Team. Testing plays a big part always to make an accurate output. If a company doesn’t have an in-house testing team, you will then have to find a Testing company differently and that’s a wastage of time and money. Many Reputed Companies assign Testing Team for free, where others charge you a lot for it! Maybe it’s for free or by money, but you must need to have a testing team along with the development team.

8. After Development Support:

Before you jump in on signing a deal, must ask the company about their After Development Services. Only Reputed Company with quality services provide the after development support. If any company doesn’t offer this, then they may charge you a lot to fix a single bug after the project is launched. Reputed Companies provide a minimum of 6 months After Development Support.

9. Maintenance and Support:

Maintenance and Support are needed for Large Projects with High Traffic. Reputed companies come up with different maintenance plans, where they provide you immediate support on need. It’s another important point that you need to discuss before finalizing a deal.

10. Be Clear about the Point of Communication:

If you want to outsource your projects to the Offshore Company, then Project Managers or Delivery Managers will be your point of communication. They will attend meetings with you to discuss the progress and new scopes. But if you or your in-house CTO/ Team Lead/ Project Manager handles the project, then the Remote Developer/ Designer from your Offshore Company must need to be the point of your communication. Clear it to the Company you outsource at the beginning. You may also need to communicate both with the Project Manager and Developers from the Offshore company, but tell it to the company so that no confusions happen.

We know it’s never been so easy to choose the best offshore outsourcing partner, but the 10 points mentioned above, will surely help you a lot!

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