Using IT Staff Augmentation and Nearshore Services to Overcome IT Challenges

As any CTO will know, software development projects need staff with the right skills to be successful. Technology is changing at an ever-increasing pace, making finding high-quality staff with the right skills and experience more challenging. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the need for IT staff will grow by 25% by 2032. The industry is not producing enough people to fill that need.

The solution for many US companies is IT staff augmentation. The costs of outsourcing or local (US-based) staff augmentation make them a poor choice for most situations. That leaves the two most commonly used two types of staff augmentation:
- Nearshoring
- Offshoring

Let's dig deeper.

What is the difference between Nearshore and Offshore Staff Augmentation?

Both services provide external staff at rates cheaper than those available in the US. In many ways, the services are similar in the way they provide staff and the skills offered.

However, the ease of communication between your IT team (or management team) and the staff augmentation provider varies greatly depending on where they are based.

Offshoring involves using staff who are far from the US. These staff may be based in Eastern Europe, Africa or India.

One of the significant challenges with offshoring is the substantial time difference. For instance, there is a 12-hour time difference between the US West Coast and Bangalore in India. This can pose difficulties regarding questions, meetings, and support, potentially impacting project outcomes.

The second challenge will be primarily language but also culture. Offshore services may use English-speaking staff, but subtle and significant cultural differences may interfere with transparent communication.

On the other hand, nearshoring, by definition, offers the advantage of proximity. Global Triangles, for instance, exclusively employs highly skilled, English-speaking staff from Mexico. The strong cultural ties between the US and Mexico further simplify conversations and understanding, enhancing the potential for successful project outcomes.

Being based in Mexico means the Global Triangles team is in the same time zone or only one or two hours apart. Meetings, support, and other project-dependent tasks can be held during your regular working hours.

If you or your company urgently need IT staff for any type of IT work, staff augmentation can provide the solution you need. We've looked at the basic differences between offshoring and nearshoring, but the benefits of using nearshoring are much more than what's been discussed. 

What are the advantages of Staff Augmentation and Nearshoring?

Here are seven more advantages that IT staff augmentation using nearshore services can bring to your projects:

- Lower costs: Hiring developers from nearshore staff augmentation specialists can save money. You only pay for the hours or tasks needed, and you can scale up or down your nearshore team as your project evolves.

- Quality: You can access a large pool of talented and skilled developers with the expertise and experience you need for your project. You can also enjoy the quality assurance and best practices of the third-party provider, who will ensure that the developers deliver high-quality work that meets your standards and expectations.

- Speed: You can reduce the time by hiring developers ready to start working on your project immediately. Avoid delays caused by using in-house staff or the potential risks created by offshore developers.

- Flexibility: You can adjust the size and composition of your nearshore team to adapt to your project's needs and requirements.

- Collaboration: You can improve the collaboration and communication between developers and your own IT team by having them work in the same time zone, language, and culture. You can also use the same tools and methodologies, such as frameworks, to ensure a good workflow.

- Headcount budgets are not affected: Using additional staff via nearshoring is typically a short to medium-term expense and does not involve recruitment or the addition of extra headcount. In times of budgetary constraints, increasing permanent headcount can be a challenge. This way, you avoid it!

- Enhance your IT team skills: Nearshore staff work with or alongside your existing IT team. Experience from an external source who has worked on multiple projects can provide a breadth of knowledge that can boost your IT team's skills.

Global Triangles

Global Triangles is a USA-based company that provides IT staff augmentation and nearshore services to clients across North America. It offers solutions that help clients achieve their goals at an affordable cost. 

They also pride themselves on generating agreements that encompass their clients' objectives.

As Garry Lea, the CEO of Global Triangles, says: "IT staff augmentation and nearshore services are not only a way of outsourcing, but a way of partnering. We work with our clients as an extension of their team, sharing their vision, values, and goals. We are not a provider, but a partner."

Global Triangles has built a credible list of success stories in the US. You can check out their success stories here.  

These client-based success stories include more than finishing projects on time and on budget. The Global Triangles team recently saved one client more than US$50,000 annually in licensing fees by spotting an opportunity to streamline their e-commerce platform. 

Global Triangle nearshore teams have built an impressive depth of experience through working with different clients in different industries. Subject to your requirements, they can provide AI skills, custom software development, Adobe-accredited Magento skills, other e-commerce platforms, app development, and much more. 

If you urgently need high-quality IT resources, consider IT staff augmentation and nearshore services through Global Triangles. You can enjoy the advantages of lower costs, quality, speed, flexibility, and collaboration while assured that you are working with a trusted and reputable company.

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