Hire Experienced Dedicated Developers are another option when you need website and software development services
What are your options when you need website or software development services?
The best option when developing software used to be your own software developer or software development team, hired as employees. For many small businesses, software development and marketing agencies, and entrepreneurs, that is increasingly costly and risky, especially when there is so much uncertainty as a result of COVID-19. Many small businesses, marketing agencies, and entrepreneurs are increasingly looking to hire experienced dedicated developers to take on entire projects, or certain software development tasks.
Businesses, teams, and individuals have options when it comes to software and mobile app development. They can:
- Hire a programmer or programming team, as employees
- Use freelancers
- Hire experienced dedicated developers or development teams
Still not sure dedicated developers are for you?
When it comes to software developers, you can:
Taking on a programmer or programming team as an employee will give you the most control in terms of the development process and outcomes. However, this option comes at the greatest cost.
In addition to the developer’s salary, there are payroll and benefits costs that are in addition to their salary. There is also the matter of office space and equipment needed for your developer or development team, including desks, computers, and tools, all of which should be added to your labor costs.
There is another factor to consider. We have become an increasingly litigious society where responsible business owners should consider the impact of a lawsuit by a disgruntled employee who can sue for any number of reasons, regardless of whether they have a case or not. A frivolous lawsuit by a disgruntled employee can disrupt employee morale, put business on hold, impact a company’s bottom line, cause relationships to suffer, and sales to decline, not to mention hurt the brand.
While the possibility of a frivolous lawsuit levied against your small business or agency may seem remote, every responsible business and entrepreneur should consider the impact of such an event. The impact and cost of such a disruption is just too high for many not to at least consider. Unfortunately, disgruntled employees are a very real risk for every employer.
When determining the labor costs of hiring a programmer and programming team, you must also consider the cost of potential litigation. For many smaller businesses or businesses operating with already slim margins, hiring a developer or development team is not a cost-effective option.
Use Freelancers
For those who can’t hire a developer or development team to complete their project or projects, there are freelancers. This is a much more cost-effective option in terms of financial costs, but there are additional “intangible” costs that need to be considered.
First, there are search costs associated with finding your qualified programmer. This can often be time-consuming with no guarantees of success.
If you need a team of developers, you often have to assemble the team yourself, freelancer by freelancer. I am not saying that there are not teams of freelancers available, there are. It has just been my experience and in talking with others, those available teams are hard to come by.
A second issue is that often your freelancer may have more than one client at a given time. As a result, you may compete with their other clients to get the job done. When they are part of a larger team of freelancers, a missed or late deliverable can cause your entire project timeline to unwind.
A third thing to consider is that when managing a freelancer or team of freelancers, you are often the project managing having full responsibility for delivery of the project.
Many of our clients work in a small business or are small business owners. As a result, they often have many additional responsibilities aside from managing freelancers such as running the business, or department itself.
Hire a dedicated developer or development team
Experienced dedicated developers and dedicated development teams offer the best of ‘best of both worlds’. Your dedicated developer works exclusively for you if they are assigned to you on a full-time basis. If you have a team, they only work on your projects and are under your control, much as they would be as if they were your employees.
At the same time, dedicated developers offer you some of the benefits associated with working with freelancers. They provide flexibility in the sense that you only pay for them when you need them. When your project is complete or you are “in-between” projects, you can release them to work on other projects. Along the same lines, you can access a dedicated programmer or development team when you need access to a specialized skill set that you don’t have access to. It could be that a specific skill set is not available for hire, or they are not available within your budget.
Working with dedicated programmers and programming teams offer cost savings along the lines of working with a freelancer in that you don’t have the payroll costs associated with employees or the legal risks. Employment costs include payroll taxes, insurance, and benefits. Indirect employment costs include the costs associated with their workspaces, such as office space, desks, computers, and tools.
The key to success with a dedicated developer or dedicated development team is working with an experienced provider. The team at Lokalyze has been providing dedicated developers since 2003, has seen competitors come and go, and proven processes in place to deliver results.
Benefits of Working With Dedicated Programmers
Benefits of using dedicated developers for software and mobile app development
- Increased productivity
You can focus on the core task of running your business or project, rather than handling your developers or development team. - Flexible hiring
Rather than hiring a full-time employee, you can hire a dedicated developer to work on your project when there is work to be completed. - Direct communication
You will be able to communicate directly with your developer or development team. - Save time and money
Dedicated developers save time and money; our developers work more hours at a lower cost.
What are the benefits of working with Lokalyze dedicated developers?
- Experienced team of developers
We have an experienced team of experienced, professional developers available to work on your project.
Additionally, after 17 years in the business, we have an extensive network of resources we can call upon to complete your project. - Non-disclosure agreement
We have no problem signing a non-disclosure agreement, giving you the peace-of-mind that your project details remain secure and confidential. - Ownership rights
Once your project is paid for, you own your software outright, as we will not have any claim to your project. - A dedicated project manager
A qualified and experienced project manager will be assigned to your project at no additional cost to handle the technical details, facilitate communication, and keep the project on track. - Quality assurance
QA is an integral part of the software development process. Your developer and project manager will do QA on your project. We will also assign a separate QA specialist to ensure bugs are at a minimum. - Regular reporting
You will receive very monthly reporting of what your developer and /or development team is doing when there is not a release. We also strongly encourage small milestones and a frequent release schedule to ensure your project remains on-track and any deviations from your requirements are corrected before they become problems. - Flexible hours
We will ensure that there is some overlap between your work schedules and that of your developer so that communication is more accessible.
What kind of dedicated developers does Lokalyze have?
Lokalyze has the following dedicated developers on our team:
- PHP developers
- WordPress developers
- Laraval developers
- CodeIgnitor developers
- Magento developers
- Shopify developers
- Angular developers
- Nodejs developers
- React.Js developers
- Android developers
- iOS developers
- Flutter developers
We offer a range of outsourcing options, including:
- Web development
- Front-end development
- Ecommerce development
- Mobile app development
- Cloud-based SAAS development
- Support and maintenance
How do we work?
Have a project in mind? Great, let’s get started.
Drop us a line or file out a quote request form. Once we agree that your project/engagement is a good fit for both of us, we schedule interviews with developers matching your project requirements. We also start putting together a quote, if necessary of that it will entail to complete your project.
Sign the Standard Agreement
Once we have all agreed as to project terms, we put together the Standard Agreement outlining terms both parties can agree upon. Many of our client projects have been covered by non-disclosure agreement (NDA), so that can be included as well, if you so desire.
Develop the Project Plan
The follow-up document to the Standard Agreement is the Project Plan that puts timelines and benchmarks to your tasks. For open –ended dedicated developers or development teams, project plans may be on a project-by-project basis or in the form of project briefs, whichever you prefer.
Start Development
With everything in place, we commence development as defined by your project plan or project brief with communication maintained through a project management portal.
With our lead team having developed well over 3,000 projects over our 18 years of working together, we know how to deliver solutions that exceed the client’s expectations time and time again.
Our Quality Assurance Process for every engagement
Offshore software development requires well-defined communication and project development processes, ensuring that all of the bases are covered and no stone is left unturned. These processes also ensure that project goals are met.
Defining the project goal
The goals need to align with your expectation of outcomes. You and your developer or development team need to have a clear understanding of what both of you expect during and after the development process. What is expected following each sprint? How frequent is communication going to take place? When we have a question about your project, how long can we expect to wait before we have a response?
Project management
What are all the tasks making up your project or engagement? When can you expect that they will be completed by? How are discrepancies addresses? How are HR issues addressed?
Testing and implementation
We conduct continuous code integration, automated code review and all of the other important procedures involved with testing. After you give final approval of our work during acceptance testing, we move to the next phase in the process.
Set-up
Where is the production environment? Is this a new production environment or integration within an existing environment? What is the configuration of the current production environment and what is the plan for backups, and integration of the new software? This applies to not only email, but also existing digital marketing integrations for analytics, social media, and SEO. All of which need to be addressed before any code is moved.
Delivery and training
What does the hand-off between the development and you and your team look like? If this is for your client, does your team have a clear understanding of how the software works to be able to train and address any questions your client may have? Again, these questions need to be addressed beforehand..
Support
What happens when a bug is found? How does it get fixed quickly? If the project is successful, you will more than likely come back to use with changes, new functionality, and new projects. How will these be addressed? These are all questions that need to be answered beforehand.
What is the difference between us and other vendors and freelancers?
| What you get | Us | Other Vendors | Freelancers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangible | Developer | |||
| Project Lead | ||||
| QA Auditor | ||||
| Account Manager | ||||
| Budget Billing Rate | ||||
| Intangible | Reliability | |||
| Security | ||||
| Consistent Quality | ||||
| Extensive History |
Why LOKALYZE?
The team at Lokalyze first started providing dedicated developers to clients around the world. As a result, we know how to make offshore software development work.
Your Pricing Options
Monthly Programmer
For the busy agency, entrepreneur, or developer
- Duration8 hrs a day, 4 weeks per month
- Hours160 hours or more
- CommunicationEmail, Skype, IM, PM Portal
- Hiring PeriodMinimum 1 Month to ongoing, indefinitely
- Connect With Us
Bi-Monthly Programmer
For the entrepreneur, small business, or digital marketer with some work
- Duration8 hrs a day, 2 weeks per month
- Hours80 Hours
- CommunicationEmail, Skype, IM, PM Portal
- Hiring PeriodMinimum, 1 Month to ongoing
- Get Started
Weekly Programmer
For the entrepreneur, small business, or digital marketing with a small number of tasks
- Duration8 hrs a day, 1 week per month
- CommunicationEmail, Skype, IM
- Hours4 Hours
- Hiring PeriodMinimum, 1 Month
- Get Started
Frequently Asked Questions
Your intellectual property is essential to us. The majority of the projects we have completed, have been covered by a NDA. We also have a confidentiality statement as part of our developer’s employment agreement. Client project details are a closely guarded secret, with information shared on a need-to-know basis.
Our hiring process is simple and has worked for us for many years. It is as follows:
- Tell us your requirements
- We find the best developers that match up with your requirements
- We will schedule a time for you to meet the developer
- Once approved, we will finalize terms
- The final step is to schedule the ‘kick-off’ meeting
- Start your project
Yes, if you have a full-time dedicated developer, they work only for you while in your employees. If you have a part-time dedicated developer, they will also work on other projects not related to yours. We will plan out ahead of time when they will be available to work on your projects so that you can plan your activities around their availability.
The project manager assigned to your project is your primary point of contact to communicate your requirements. They have years of experience in software development, delivering high-quality customer service, and have strong communication skills. Regarding communication with your developer, you will also be able to communicate with your developer and project manager through email, Skype, and phone calls.
We will try to make it convenient for you by matching up your working hours with those of your developer. Please keep in mind that we are dealing with distances over several time zones, so it may not be very easy. However, we do our best to provide to overlap 2 to 3 hours between your schedule and those of your developer so that you communicate directly.
We have very skilled and experienced developers that have a minimum of 4+ years of experience in their respective fields. As a result, our rates start at $2,000 per month for about 160 work hours. This price includes your project manager as well. Additional specialized skills and services and more experienced developers may increase the cost of your dedicated developer. Volume discounts are also available for a team of dedicated developers.
We believe in being transparent. As a result, you will be made aware of everything your developer works on. To start, we encourage frequent communication with your project manager or developer. You will be receiving updates when you speak to your developer. Weekly reports
Since you are the client, you own the legal rights to the work completed by your developer or development team to do with as you please.