How to Know When to Engage in Staff Augmentation
One of my passions at Echolocity is our Staff Augmentation services pillar. Being embedded into a clients’ team, working to support their project needs and making it successful are a true reward for me. Let’s delve into exactly what staff augmentation is, when and why your company would engage in staff augmentation services.
The What…
Staff Augmentation refers to the process of hiring external consultants to supplement an organization’s existing teams’ resources. The goal is to temporarily increase the workforce and add specialized expertise to specific projects or initiatives. This approach can provide businesses with increased flexibility, scalability and cost savings compared to traditional hiring methods.
Echolocity Staff Augmentation services is a valuable solution for businesses that are looking to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and stay ahead of the competition.
Increased flexibility & scalability
Cost savings
Access to highly skilled project managers
Faster time-to-completion for project initiatives
Help organizations unlock their full potential
The Why…
Benefits of Staff Augmentation
You’ll want to consider the stage and needs of your company before you begin looking for a staff augmentation project manager, but there are multiple universal benefits to hiring a PM.
Cost Effectiveness 💰✅
Staff augmentation allows for flexible and cost-effective access to specialized skills and expertise, without the long-term commitment and overhead costs of hiring full-time employees. These services can be particularly beneficial for companies facing fluctuations in project demand, engaging in multiple projects at one time, large implementations and transformation in their business. It is cost effective to fill specific skill gaps on a short-term basis.
Additionally, staff augmentation offers the added benefits of increased agility and the ability to scale up or down resources quickly as needed, which can help to improve project efficiency and overall productivity.
Flexibility & Adaptability 🌀
A Staff Augmentation project manager plans, organizes, and directs a project so that its completion is on time, on budget, and successful. The project manager’s job is to drive projects from start to finish, with a specific focus on timelines, scope and budgets. A project manager will facilitate teamwork between multiple teams, across departments, and with vendors.
A project manager will give project visibility to the executive team, communicate, coordinate and collaborate on the daily (or hourly) problem solving that comes up with projects. At the same time, the project manager will handle logistics so that the involved employees can dedicate that time to the actual work.
Precise Capabilities & Skill Set 🔧✨
Staff augmentation enables companies to bring in specialized skills and expertise to fill specific skill gaps or support projects and initiatives. This approach allows organizations to precisely address their immediate needs and minimize the costs associated with hiring full-time employees.
With staff augmentation expertise from echolocity, businesses can identify areas where their internal team lacks experience or abilities and takes steps to improve their overall capabilities. Additionally, staff augmentation resources provide organizations with greater flexibility and the ability to quickly adapt to changing project demands, which can help to improve overall efficiency and productivity.
The When…
Companies start to look for a staff augmentation engagement when they are:
Already hurting for one
Have multiple projects coinciding
Large initiatives
Projects that are not meeting goals
Team needs added capacity
Specific skill set needs
Hiring a staff augmentation project manager before the company feels they need one may seem risky or expensive, but it helps start integrating a project manager early enough before the ball on projects starts dropping. This is the time to start looking for a project manager, so you're prepared for the next stage, where having a dedicated project manager is critical. This is the time to engage in staff augmentation services, your projects will be on time and within budget, your team will trust the process and increase their productivity.
Echolocity Staff Augmentation Services
Echolocity offers short- and long-term staff augmentation engagements with a skilled team of project managers. We have 100% of our staff augmentation clients go on to engage in further work with us. Our team approach gives you the assurance of 100% coverage to the engagement. We combine people, process and technology to assure your teams’ success.
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