Decide the software that you want and what its capability.

Set a brainstorming session with your dedicated development team. Identify the type of features you would like to include in your existing process. Know what’s your priority for developing your software product and what is your most preferred tech stack. Draft everything into writing so you are not missing out any essential details. Also, you can clearly discuss the project elements before discussing your task to your preferred dedicated development team. Create notes or list of requirements that you will hand over to your hired dedicated developers.

Evaluate all your available options.

With outsourcing’s increasing popularity in today’s digital age, it is easier to research all potential dedicated development companies that can provide the same types of software capacity for your upcoming projects. Begin your research online through the simple Google search, read through every profile of the dedicated development team’s websites. Examine their portfolios and competence. Determine whether they have developed the same software products for firms that have the same size and niche as your projects.

Within your network, check who has employed your target outsourcing companies with strong qualifications as dedicated development teams and ask their recommendations based on their rendered outsourcing services.

Evaluate the size of a potential partner company where you will be hiring dedicated development team. Generally, the bigger dedicated development companies have more flexibility and the capacity to meet more urgent deadlines. When speed is a critical factor, then you want to collaborate with a larger dedicated development company that has the capacity to provide a focused dedicated team on your current projects. Your immediate objective is to limit the list to several potential firms that you want to work with right away with your software tasks.

Begin the ‘interview’ instantly.

Aside from referrals and the provided initial contacts, you may want to get to know who you are working with as a partner. A face-to-face interview process is a good way to start the ball rolling. Another option is to initially have a video-conferencing to have a solid “feel” of your target dedicated development team. Before hiring dedicated developers, it is best to know their culture and capacity to meet your needs and requirements.

In the interview process, you may want to be sure of the following:

• Based on your needs and objectives, evaluate every detail carefully regarding the software products that you want to develop. In the process, it is highly advised to be a listener too regarding the comments of your potential vendor. An expert will always provide comments, suggestions, and recommendations that you may have overlooked in the process. This is a good chance to know if you are talking to a dedicated development team that has the expertise and commitment to providing a quality product. This is the best time to discuss the most recent technology to meet your project demands.
• Ask your development vendor, “What can your dedicated development team provide?” You want to hear the right answer. They should be a group of experts who will be focused to work on their assigned project, according to the development project’s parameters. It is usually being managed by a project leader who acts as a point person all throughout the process.
• When will the dedicated development be available to begin the project? If a hired dedicated development company has the needed resources, it can work right away.
• Identify the functions of the key members of the team. You do not simply want to be updated. You want to take part in the decision-making, along with providing suggestions and recommendations.
• Are they expert in employing an Agile development model? This is the most preferred technology in software projects. Once every iteration is completed, it is being tested, debugged, including the entire development process that shifts instantly and more efficiently.
• Ask for past clients as references. A professional dedicated development company can provide the details to you right away. If necessary, ask for references from firms that are the same in size and had software projects that may be similar to your existing tasks. Do your homework. Avoid laziness in checking and validating information at the last minute.
• Contact past clients and ask all relevant questions before deciding to hire your desired dedicated developer.
• Identify how flexible can be your vendor in terms of time availability and the possibility of having language barriers. When dealing with a foreign outsourced dedicated development company, these are vital details. You want to communicate with a project manager whom you can easily talk things out in the same language. Also, the time zone can a barrier to easy communication. So better sort things out early.
• Regarding costs, you want a transparent project quote that you can put into writing, including a binding contract that exactly details what should be delivered and the project timeline.
• Conduct follow-ups. Ask what kind of follow-up support will the vendor provide? If there are issues raised, how committed is the outsourced dedicated development team in resolving them? These details should be cited clearly in the contract. Never deal with a vendor that cannot respond to full follow-up support, including the scaling of the software that you may need in the future.

Finalize your selection

Once you have made a thorough evaluation of the entire process and strictly followed the three steps cited earlier, you are ready to create a wise decision. Then, this will be the right time to provide a go signal to your selected dedicated development team to start working, enabling you to keep involved, and developing the best software product based on agreed specifications.