What to consider before hiring a remote team

The benefits of outsourcing and hiring remote team are clear. At first, you eliminate additional costs of hiring new employees that are usually completely unnecessary. Therefore, you gain access to the best experts in their field.

Lots of companies make the same mistake and rely only on the in-house devs. In fact, there's nothing wrong (there's no doubt your developers are awesome and do a great job) as long as you have enough people and time to overpower all the projects you're working on at the same time. If you try to run many projects at the same time, it's very easy to lose control, set bad priorities and end up with a really weak job.

Merixstudio has 12 years of experience in international markets and over 130 successfully implemented outsourcing projects for clients from all over the world. We will be glad to share our experience resulting from daily work as a remote team.

How to choose a software house and what to consider before outsourcing your project:

• The right partner - where to find and how to recognize?

Probably nobody will be surprised when I point to the internet as the best source of searching. What should you look for there? Well, first of all, check out the website of the company: its case studies, portfolio, previous clients and their opinion. Make research and take a look at ranks, where you can find clients' reviews, ask for references. Do not hesitate to contact their previous clients.

• Check the company's history

Be sure that you know the story of the company. How long they are active in business, what is the background of the company and its developers. Try to find out whether the remote team has got the right set of competencies and skills required for your project, or not.

• The structure of the company

Grasp and assess the situation in the company – whether devs work together in one office, or rather it's a group of freelancers located in a different part of the country or even the world. It's worth to remember that it's always easier to cooperate with a team, which communicate and work together on a daily basis. It's clear that this kind of team is a close-knit team and work together very well ( what is important when it comes to assembling the development team).

• The structure of the company

It is worth to set up at least 2 meetings before start working on a project. Skype call will be enough, face to face meeting isn't necessary. Thanks to this you have a chance to meet both devs who will probably be working on your project and business staff. What is more, it allows you to personally check if their skills and experience are enough.

There are plenty of developers' team from all over the world, which will take your project with great pleasure. It is worth to consider the aforementioned points before IT outsourcing and hiring a remote team.