The IT sector is one of the most dynamically evolving business industries. It is not only due to the technology it offers but also thanks to the wide range of services it is able to deliver to other businesses. One of these is nearshoring, which means outsourcing of services to nearby countries, i.e. located on the same continent. However, it is not distance that is at the core of this idea, but above all cultural and business proximity.
The opposite outsourcing model is called Offshoring, in which case the company chooses a business partner located in a remote part of the world, which often involves cultural differences and discrepancies in the work models. Offshoring certainly enables project implementation at lower costs, but it brings the business a significant risk resulting from cultural, communicational or large-scale time differences.
Nearshoring offers a variety of business possibilities and allows for flexible cooperation with your IT partner. It is a relevant solution for companies which have no IT team and those which require quick support from specialists in a given area or a team dedicated to the implementation of a project. Regardless of your needs, it lets you cooperate with the best IT engineers without having to hire new employees or create a new department. Being an optimum solution pricewise, it provides access to knowledge and skills of qualified IT specialists.
Numerous companies choose nearshoring due to lacking human resources or requiring support within given technological areas. Another reason is the need to focus on the basic business activity without involving internal resources. Time pressure and cost reduction are important decision-making factors. Companies are less and less likely, however, to indicate cutting costs as the reason to start outsourcing cooperation. They more often care about the new technological opportunities they gain as well as the possibility to focus on the customer’s activities.
What is more, nearshoring allows for selecting flexible cooperation models in which the costs, the scope of liabilities and rights, the size of teams or the cooperation period are individually specified and adapted to the needs of a given project. It enables a full “personalisation” of the offer with regard to your project’s needs.
It is the best solution when your company is facing the following issues or challenges:
Your involvement is crucial for the project to be successful. It is important that at least one member of your staff, usually the Product Owner, actively participates in the work of the outsourcing team. This involves joint task planning, monitoring the development of the work and whether it is going in the expected direction, as well as communication with the team and answering any questions about their needs or specific requirements.
When selecting an outsourcing partner, the following factors are worth considering:
Did you know Poland is one of the most popular places amongst companies from all over the world with regard to the use of IT services? Polish IT engineers are amongst the world’s best educated. Nearly 40% of people aged 25-34 hold higher degrees and know what Agile and Scrum stand for. Every year, the IT market gains another 15,000 graduates of computer studies. The ease of communication with foreign customers is an extra asset, as English is a natural ‘work tool’ for Polish IT engineers.
Customers from such parts of the world as Western Europe or the US especially appreciate cooperation with Polish specialists due to no cultural differences or communication problems. Issues in these areas are much more likely to occur in the case of partnership with a subcontractor from China or Indonesia.
The central location of Poland is also an advantage. For example, it takes one to two hours to fly from most of European capital cities and about nine hours to fly from the US. Moreover, the country offers rates considered as attractive by foreigners. The development rates are very competitive compared to local IT markets with no risk of a decrease in the product or service quality.
Agile is one of the most popular IT project work management techniques. More and more companies of a complex internal structure choose a methodology which includes smooth reaction to changes, transparent communication and high task efficiency. More and more international companies out of the IT sector are also deciding to create Scrum teams. This helps achieve very good results during outsourcing cooperation in the area of new technologies.
A nearshoring partnership involves remote cooperation by definition. It is a good idea, however, to arrange personal meetings, especially at the first stage of the project where it is quite important that the business partner knows the company’s needs and expectations. This also facilitates transfer of knowledge and company data as well as understanding the principles of a given project.
Mutual monitoring of the process and the work results is one of the most important practices which influence a project’s quality. It is worth arranging daily, weekly or monthly meetings when the team can exchange information as well as correct and discuss the plans for the following days.
Nearshoring allows for enhancing the potential of your business, its development in the areas of new technologies and smooth implementation of innovative solutions your customers will also benefit from. IT outsourcing offers a variety of possibilities, although it requires a lot of involvement, building business relations and openness when searching for unconventional solutions. By having a good guide to the complex world of new technologies, you might find new ways for developing your business.
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