IT outsourcing now a days steadily moved ahead to establish itself as a must-have successful
engagement models by rendering not only cost-effective but also sophisticated and highly efficient quality services and solutions with effective communication. The major problem which most of the client facing in outsourcing is that of risk identification, and risk mitigation thereof. Infinium provides flexible
engagement models not only to provide its clients a liberty to choose the appropriate
engagement models as per clients requirement. Our flexible
engagement models ensures the client for maximum benefit with minimum of risk. Few of the common concerns or problems which client face for offshore development company are language, time barrier, knowledge transfer and skill set of allocated resourced on project. Infinium provides flexibility and transparency to clients through engagement model by providing services through its technical talented resources and ability to coordinate with client in effective manner without any barriers. Our client can choose from one or combination of our
engagement models.
Fixed Price Model
Fixed Price Model is for customers who have well-defined requirements for the project objective they want to develop. This is a Price based information technology outsourcing model and arguably the most mature of models. In this model, a fixed amount of money is guaranteed to the vendor for delivering a piece of work subject to mutually agreed milestones.
The salient features or key characteristics of the Fixed Price model of information technology outsourcing are as given below,
- Fixed Price model demands that the scope of work, the milestones and the final deliverables are clearly defined and agreed between client and vendor.
- Project requirements are very clearly defined at the start of the project.
- Standard IT operational procedures need to be followed by client and vendor.
- Periodic reviews have to be carried out throughout the course of the project.
Dedicated Team Model
A Dedicated Development Center, which is an extension of the customer’s software engineering facility, is popular among customers, who are looking at long-term gains from offshore outsourcing. In this model, Rain Concert reserves resources, equipment and infrastructure exclusively for the customer. While such a model is normally for a pre-determined minimal period of time, it allows the client to leverage the talent pool of Rain Concert, the cost effectiveness of such an offering and superiority of our Project Management.
We jointly identify and define the team along with our customer and have full transparency, access and control on the team along with our customer whereby the dedicated team works as extension of the customer’s development team. We partner with our clients to invest in replicating their IT environments, setting up communication and integrating our development processes with theirs to ensure that the offshore team is an efficient and seamless extension of the client’s development facilities
The salient features or key characteristics of the Fixed Price model of information technology outsourcing are as given below,
- Software product development companies for whom we set up end-to-end development and dedicated support facility working as extension of client’s team.
- Existing overseas Software development houses for whom we set up extension of client teams in India for IT companies globally. In this model also we work with a dedicated team.
- Dynamically changing scope requirements. For clients who are in dynamic industries the scope of work keeps changing even while we develop the application, this model works best as we don’t go back and forth for every change request that gets specified.
- For clients who wish to associate with us for the long term, this is the best model where savings upwards of 40% on costs can be achieved.
Time & Material Model
When scope, specification and implementation plans of a software development project are not easy to define at the outset, Pay by Hour and Resources Model becomes an attractive option. Under this model, you pay as per use of the hourly development efforts. Where we define the business model and work hand-in-hand with our client for execution of end-to-end project.
For this business model, Rain Concert forms project teams comprising of required team members, project managers, with equipment and infrastructure based on project requirements. Customers pay a monthly charge based on the size and composition of the team. This model offers the flexibility to balance team size and project workloads.
Rain Concert provides knowledgeable, skilled, motivated, energetic and competent consultants who work seamlessly as part of client teams to provide quality solutions. Our consultants are handpicked after assessing their technical, communication and interpersonal skills.
