What is an offshore team and how to build one?

When nearshore and onshore outsourcing solutions fail your software development project in terms of cost-efficiency and project quality, structuring an offshore team will become the answer key. However, is it truly the best solution for software development outsourcing? Let me analyse some pros and cons when structuring an offshore team for you.

Key Summary

This article from InApps Technology, authored by Tam Ho, explores the benefits and challenges of structuring an offshore team for software development outsourcing. It defines offshore outsourcing, outlines the advantages and drawbacks, and highlights how InApps Technology mitigates the cons to deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions, positioning Vietnam as a top destination for offshore development.

• Definitions:
  • Outsourcing: Delegating business functions to another company.
  • Offshoring: Outsourcing to an organization in a different country.
  • Offshore Team: A dedicated development team in another country, under your control, executing your software projects.
  • Structuring an Offshore Team: Building a qualified, experienced team tailored to meet project requirements.
• Pros of Offshore Outsourcing:
  • Diminished Cost: Lower labor costs compared to onshore/nearshore options.
  • Financial Savings: Reduced operational expenses.
  • Access to Talent: Highly proficient, systemic teams with specialized skills.
  • Rapid Delivery: Faster project timelines due to dedicated resources.
  • Focus: Allows companies to concentrate on core missions by outsourcing secondary tasks.
  • Quality Acquirement: High-quality deliverables from experienced teams.
  • Risk Mitigation: Diversified teams reduce dependency on local resources.
• Cons of Offshore Outsourcing:
  • Language, Time Zone, Cultural Barriers: Communication and coordination challenges.
  • Quality vs. Cost: Expectations may not align with delivered quality, leading to higher costs.
  • Delivery Delays: Misalignments can cause project setbacks.
  • Confidentiality Risks: Potential exposure of sensitive data.
  • Loss of Control: Reduced oversight over remote operations.
• Why Offshore?:
  • Strategic Focus: Outsourcing secondary tasks (e.g., software development) allows companies to prioritize primary business activities, boosting productivity.
  • Cost-Quality Balance: Offshore teams deliver first-rate quality at low cost within fixed timelines.
  • Industry Applications: Preferred by industries like e-commerce, finance, retail, logistics, healthcare, education, and online platforms.
• InApps’ Approach to Mitigating Cons:
  • Tech Talent Hub: Employs 5–10 year-experienced developers to ensure high proficiency and quality.
  • Communication: Overcomes language and cultural barriers with strong English proficiency and client-aligned workflows.
  • Time Zone Management: Coordinates effectively across time zones to minimize delays.
  • Security Measures: Implements robust protocols to protect confidential data.
  • Control Mechanisms: Provides transparency and client oversight to maintain control over operations.
  • Result: Creates a win-win situation with 100% client satisfaction through reliable, high-quality deliverables.
• InApps Insight:
  • InApps Technology, ranked 1st in Vietnam and 5th in Southeast Asia for app and software development, excels in offshore outsourcing.
  • Leverages React Native, ReactJS, Node.js, Vue.js, Microsoft’s Power Platform, Azure, Power Fx (low-code), Azure Durable Functions, and GraphQL APIs (e.g., Apollo) for robust solutions.
  • Offers dedicated talent teams at 30% of local vendor costs, supported by Vietnam’s 430,000 software developers and 1.03 million ICT professionals.
  • Specializes in growth-hacking marketing, tech startup consulting, and world-class software development for startups and enterprises.
• Call to Action:
  • Contact InApps Technology at www.inapps.net or sales@inapps.net for a free consultation to structure an offshore team or explore growth-hacking solutions for your software projects.

What is Offshore Outsourcing?

Outsourcing — When your company designates another company to undertake any part of your business.

Offshoring — Outsourcing to an organisation located in a different country.

Offshore Outsourcing is desired by numerous companies considering the premiere factors like quality, access to resources & tools, time, cost etc.

What is Offshore team?

Offshore team — A development team located in a different country, will implement your software development project.

Structuring an offshore team is how you build a desired team with great qualification and experience to meet your requirement for the project. Hence, offshore team will be your own dedicated team under your overall control.

Here are some Pros and Cons of structuring an offshore team you should know before you outsource.

Pros of outsourcing an offshore team:

1. Diminished Cost
2. Financial Savings
3. High proficient and systemic team accessibility
4. Rapid delivery time
5. Excellent concentration
6. Quality acquirement
7. Risk mitigation

Cons of outsourcing an offshore team:

1. Language, time zone & cultural barriers
2. Anticipated Quality (vs.) Huge Cost
3. Delivery delays
4. Disclosing confidential elements
5. Slipping control over operations

Initially, before heading to an in-depth analysis towards advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing an offshore team, you need to analyse your company’s current position.

Why should you outsource an offshore team?

List out your company’s business activities and divide them into primary and secondary tasks according to priority level.

Outsourcing your secondary tasks to other companies who are expertise in those tasks will allow you to focus constantly on your foremost business mission. Therefore, it increases your productivity when you are completely focusing on your core missions.

As far as outsourcing is concerned, structuring an offshore team plays a significant role as it can deliver first-rate quality at low cost within fixed time.

InApps offshore team is preferred by top organisations in different industries belonging to different niches like e-commerce, financial, retail, logistics, healthcare, education & e-learning, online platform etc.

How can InApps offshore team tackle cons to create a win-win state for them and their clients?

Owning a Tech Talent Hub with 5–10 year-experienced developers and engineers, tackling the cons is how InApps Technology give 100% satisfaction and trust to clients on their projects.

Here is InApps tackling cons of outsourcing an offshore team model:

InApps tackling cons of outsourcing an offshore team model

Whenever you prefer outsourcing an offshore team, make sure that they are able to by-pass these barriers well enough to bring a win-win situation.

>> Read more: InApps featured as one of the Top IT companies in Vietnam

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