When you need more help than your IT resources can provide, you might consider partnering with a business that offers IT staff augmentation. Whether your team is bogged down with day-to-day projects, or they simply don’t have the skills to work on a custom software development project, you can expand your resources and get the short-term or long-term support you need with the right IT consultant.
If you have been in business a long time, you might remember the popularity of the ‘temp’; a person who came in to add resources when you had a big project or to fill in for an employee on vacation. If you are unfamiliar with IT staff augmentation, you might think of it as temp services for IT projects, or you might find that you have a need for ongoing IT staff augmentation services that will provide support for software development projects, maintenance and support, requirements planning, mobile app development, integration, configuration and growth across the enterprise, analytics or any one of a number of other types of one-time or ongoing support needs.
Most businesses are able to support routine IT projects, and perhaps even some development and infrastructure work but, if the business is looking to develop a software product, develop an application or support expansion, establish new locations or staff short-term or long-term projects that require cutting-edge skills, the business may not have the resources to get the job done.
Every company, large and small, faces a shortage of resources from time to time. When a business does not have the IT staffing to complete a project, for short-term support or ongoing services, or maintenance, it can delay or halt projects, upgrades, and crucial infrastructure needs.
Why should you consider IT staff augmentation? If your business is anything like most businesses today, you are always short-handed and, while your IT resources may be very skilled and knowledgeable, they are probably often overwhelmed with requests, projects, maintenance and support.
You understand your business better than anyone else, and you spend time on strategy, planning, product and service development, customer outreach, partnership initiatives, inventory, production, shipping, purchasing, financial and resource management and a seemingly endless list of tasks and activities that keep the business running.
