In the last 30 years, we've determined that the ratio of creative, productive developers to the rest is about 1 out of 100. That ratio is probably more like 1 out of a 1000 off-shore.
In terms of productivity, there is about a 10 to 1 difference between high level and low level resources. Yet, there is only about a 2:1 difference in cost between high level and low level resources.
A common Penny-Wise-Pound-Foolish mistake is to use low level resources in an attempt to save money, but ends up costing more.
Skogsholm Consulting has resources available to assemble software teams from 1 to 30 members. Teams are constructed using a hybrid model consisting of quality on-shore and off-shore resources. The value that Skogsholm Consulting brings is a group of top-notch, cream of the crop team members.
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