How an offshore development center can help your business

Nowadays, many businesses think it is essential to extend their IT function by outsourcing some activities to an offshore service provider. At SoftGroup, we can provide you with exactly that and eliminate the expense and risks of creating your own.

At SoftGroup, our core business activity is providing our clients with Offshore Development Centers, otherwise known as ODCs. An ODC is essentially an IT offshore development facility whose primary function is developing software products for other organizations, thereby providing a virtual wing to the client’s existing operation. An ODC provides clients with many outsourcing benefits; it allows them to add or remove resources as their enterprise requirements change, and it gives them high levels of visibility and full control of their development activities.

How to establish an offshore development center

SoftGroup simplifies the process of setting up an ODC. The client tells us about their project requirements and the resources required undertake it. In collaboration with you, we assign the most suitably-qualified personnel to work on the project, and together we define the scope of work. With the right team in place, we brief them on your requirements so that they are able to take your instructions forward and complete the work. So, for the agreed period, you have a fully-equipped ODC at your disposal to bring your project to fruition.

The benefits of SoftGroup’s offshore development center model are:

Reduced risk: With SoftGroup, you have a trustworthy partner who appreciates your business objectives and protects your intellectual property rights. We offer a full range of IT services support spanning software development and maintenance. With SoftGroup’s efficient management, you can look forward to reduced overheads, high-quality results and high ROI.

Reduced ownership costs: This is possible when a large portion of the work is undertaken by a software programmer at our offshore facility. SoftGroup’s consistent record in completing high-quality projects punctually also helps reduce costs. This method guarantees to save over 30% of costs in the first year and a half.

Products to market more quickly: With SoftGroup’s capacity management capability and our innovative development methods, your business can get its new products to market more quickly.

Concentrate on key business processes: When SoftGroup deals with most of your development and support services IT function, your employees can concentrate on key business processes to make your enterprise more competitive.

Increased profit margins: You can source all your IT services under one roof at SoftGroup, allowing you to save on in-house costs and focus on more profit-generating activities.

Reliability: In partnering us, you can relax knowing that SoftGroup has the technology, methods and processes to deliver reliable, high-quality and transparent services.

The ODC model is founded on a mature framework that uses proven project management methods, the best industry practices, state-of-the-art monitoring and tracking tools, sophisticated lab facilities, robust infrastructure, clear-cut team roles and well-defined responsibilities, all of which support a sound delivery model. Strong management commitment, experienced project managers, flawless planning and time difference advantages are all blended to bring the quantifiable results you need. Additionally, our ODC is kitted out with cutting edge infrastructure, an IT call center and communications equipment so that it is available as a virtual annex to your own operations on a 24x7 basis.

The ODC is comprised of a call center and teams of differently-skilled personnel working on your behalf. Where one team works on development activities, another works on testing, project management and so on.

To start your ODC activities, SoftGroup can provide a team to work on a single project activity. From there, other elements can be built up while the learning curve is retained. You can move forward by adding-on more activities and resources as required.

With our extensive all-around IT experience, SoftGroup can meet your every requirement.

Contact us to learn more about how the ODC model can benefit your business.