What is the difference between Outsourcing and Outstaffing?
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What is the difference between outsourcing and Outstaffing?
Let’s start with an explanation what the difference between software outsourcing and outstaffing is. An outsourcing provider usually works on a project-based business model which means that most likely the client entrusts the outsourcing company the whole project from A to Z. The client rarely has access to the development team itself and those people who complete all the work on the project usually work on several projects at a time.
Outstaffing is a type of remote employments when a hired person carries out all the job duties for a company (client) being officially employed by another company (outsourcing agency). The latter one acts as an employer, thus is responsible for wages, bonuses, equipment granted to a worker, while a client company provides a worker with tasks and assignments.
Hence, the difference is that this service means that your software development service provider is responsible for hiring and maintenance of a software development team which is fully at the your disposal. Basically you hire your own remote employees who are a part of your in-house team. This remote software development team can be managed either by your in-house people or you can have remote managers as well.
Outsourcing offers a long-term contract with the opportunity to extend it, while outstaffing is usually a temporary contract, the terms of which are determined by the specifics of a particular project.
So, the main difference is that outsourcing refers to the whole project support, while outstaffing provides hiring and maintenance of individuals.
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