The benefits of staff augmentation

The benefits of staff augmentation

June 20, 2022

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The exponential rise in the usage of contingent workers across enterprises on a global scale is one of the most important trends in today’s business. The practice isn’t very new; it basically started when administrators were borrowed from other organizations to temporarily fill duties due to absences, illnesses, and the like.

Today, contingent labor can take many different forms, with staff augmentation being the most popular.



What is staff augmentation?


Immediately your internal thesaurus might suggest that “consulting” or “outsourcing” are good synonyms, but before selecting a service for your next major project, you should be aware of what staff augmentation truly means.  

Staff augmentation is not outsourcing. When you outsource, you give another company the duties and responsibilities of your project. When you employ temporary external help to increase your organization’s performance, that is referred to as staff augmentation.

Your business needs committed and knowledgeable people to get the job done properly, whether it wants assistance in managing or carrying out a project. The issue is that you might not have the funds to divert your current resources from their active initiatives. Maybe you’ve thought about employing. That could be a problem if your project is brief or extremely focused. Given that this task won’t endure indefinitely, why go through the extensive onboarding process and new employment paperwork?

The usage of staff augmentation is intended for companies that need to supplement their current resources in order to assist projects that call for knowledge outside of their purview or are largely made up of temporary, highly skilled employment.



Benefits of staff augmentation


Like any organizational strategy, staff augmentation has advantages and disadvantages. Whether staff augmentation is the best approach for a given set of circumstances depends on the hiring managers and project managers involved.

Staff Augmentation can save you opportunity costs you may have wasted by allocating existing resources to the project, or to training new employees to do the job. It can also save you the money you would have spent on hiring benefit-eligible salaried personnel. Benefits, overtime, and training time are not necessary with staff augmentation. To avoid moving your existing resources around or paying personnel when they aren’t needed, you might even have your augmented staff just show up on the job site when they are required.

The time spent looking for the perfect candidate or candidates to become a part of the project’s staff, can also be tackled by choosing staff augmentation. The hiring procedure consumes a significant amount of time and energy that could have been used more effectively. Add the time it would take to onboard and train them. Staff augmentation should be on your radar if efficiency is important to your company culture.



Staff augmentation or project outsourcing?


Both bring numerous benefits to businesses; however, they are not the same and are not meant to tackle the same challenges. The company must first decide on which adversity they want to overcome and then they will be able to choose the right option for them.

IT staff augmentation allows a company to employ resources based on the additional skills required to support their initiatives. This gives them more control over the staff, reduces employee duties, helps leverage existing resources and allows for flexible changing needs. Basically, all organizational and administrative headaches are handled by the vendor, giving you the chance to focus on your primary duties and work with your augmented team in the same way that you do with your in-house developers.

On the other hand, IT project outsourcing/consulting allows a company to execute entire projects using the resources of another firm. This way they are able to reduce training costs and management overhead, it allows for core business focus and scalability and there are less legal risks. They manage all parts of your project’s development, from organising a team with accessible developers to overseeing all procedures on their end. You are not required to spend time with your remote development team or to have any in-house technical skills.

With all the facts at hand, it is infinitely easier to decide about the right type of service to get for your business. So, if you’re looking for a provider that can help you tackle your IT challenges, and still don’t know what to do, take a look at our page to help you decide.