Dedicated team solutions for your company - FAQ

• What is a dedicated development team?

  A dedicated development team is a versatile model of collaboration between clients and outsourced software development providers with an emphasis on a long-term working partnership. A client (company, startup, etc.) hires the service provider team to work exclusively on their project for an extended period, the same way an in-house team would work, except it’s remote, cheaper, and with less hiring hassle. Using a dedicated development team model, you can hire all the specialists required for your project’s development - software engineers, project managers, DevOps, designers, quality assurance specialists, business analysts, etc. Moreover, you expand your existing team by adding software developers from all around the world, not just local ones. This gives you more options on unique skills and experiences that otherwise would have been hard to find in a development team.

• What is a dedicated design team?

  A dedicated design team is precisely the same approach as dedicated software development, but with UX/UI design. The dedicated team definition usually includes every type of team you might need for your project - development, design, mixed, etc. With a dedicated design team, you get a proven selection of several skilled UX and UI designers, product designers, researchers, developers, motion designers, project managers, illustrators, or any other design professional. The design team or any other software development team you hire following a dedicated team model will already have an established rapport with each other, ensuring that you won’t have to worry about miscommunication inside the business team itself. Dedicated design means having a remote extension of your own staff that deals with all your design-related tasks without needing to train your existing team members or hiring new design developers . This will save on costs and provide greater flexibility for your business.

• Do you provide mixed teams?

  Easily! Whatever type of team you may need, be that a number of verified design or development professionals or both. Our mixed development team is carefully selected and prepared to tackle any task and any project you throw at them. As an experienced UX/UI design and development agency, Merge can offer you any type of mixed dedicated team of specialists you want. Let’s say, for example, you need to develop a mobile application and do a website redesign, all while maintaining the same brand identity and overall style. Hiring two different agencies can cause a clash of ideas. Instead of putting up with different specialists and experiencing a substantial delay in deliverables, you can come to us, and we’ll get you sorted by handling the communication, management, and project requirements.

• How do I hire a dedicated development team for my project?

  To hire a dedicated development team, you first need to establish what type of specialists your project needs. Depending on the product and how much of its development you’re going to hand over to the other development team, you may need frontend and/or backend developers, mobile developers (specializing either in iOS or Android), UX/UI designers, QA, DevOps, etc. With that out of the way, you have to find a team that would provide dedicated project services. Think about the team’s location as it’s a fully remote cooperation model, and the region can affect prices. Then go over the vendor’s previous experience in creating products similar to yours. It's best practice to do the market research and study the reviews for the companies you are considering working with. After you’ve found your future partner, present the requirements and sign an NDA. If you want to skip that tiresome search for the right company, consider choosing Merge Development as your dedicated software design and development partner. Check out our portfolio - we’re confident you’ll find a dedicated software development team you like. Once you have found a dedicated team that looks right for your business needs, the hiring process will be quick and easy.

• What are the dedicated project team’s advantages and disadvantages?

  We believe a dedicated team model has more benefits than drawbacks. But we have to be impartial and see both sides of the dedicated team model. Let us get straight to the point on the advantages and disadvantages of dedicated team members. Advantages of a dedicated team: • High engagement and focus compared to freelancers or typical remote development teams; • Cost and time efficiency with increased work transparency; • Instant access to a global talent pool; • Straightforward project management with less oversight than is required with an onsite management crew; • Impressive adaptability to any project scope or budget adjustments. Disadvantages of a dedicated team: • Differences in work culture and mentality; • Time-zone adjustments of different group specialists; • Not a great fit for small projects with a fixed scope. As you can see, this group collaboration model clearly has more advantages than downsides. But a dedicated team it has to have specific conditions for it to be its best self. We’ll cover the reasons for hiring dedicated development teams.

• When should I use a dedicated team?

  There are a few situations where hiring dedicated design or development teams is the best solution for your business needs. First and foremost, startup companies, especially at an early stage. A constantly growing business involves many issues involving balancing team maintenance and product development. Dedicated teams will help you alleviate some hiring pains by giving you an already formed team to focus on your product. Secondly, any long-term project with vague requirements that will call for constant alterations and scope adjustments is a perfect subject for a dedicated team model. Imagine your product is still at its discovery stage, and you’re not quite sure which direction it’s headed, this is where the dedicated team model can step in to help you gather data and find the right solution. How do you explain it to typical development teams who just want to get the project done quickly? Even worse, maintaining this level of uncertainty can cause overspending in normal business circumstances. However, dedicated design or development teams will support you every step of the way until a fully-fledged product appears on the horizon.

• How much does it cost to hire a dedicated team?

  Not as much as it would cost hiring and maintaining in-house software developers or designers. For reference, one year of maintaining an onsite employee, say a middle-level mobile app developer, will set you back on average from $75,000 to $150,000 yearly. This cost includes a person’s salary, taxes, benefits package, tech, other utilities, office maintenance, etc. On the other hand, dedicated teams are fully remote and require little to no additional spending besides the costs of the work itself. You pay only for the project deliverables previously agreed upon.