Streamlining delivery through Staff Augmentation

One of Qubit’s core services is Staff / Resource augmentation. Some customers use the term “workforce on demand”, flexible workforce or “team in a box” but what exactly is it?

Resource/staff augmentation is a business strategy where companies bring in external consulting professionals to temporarily supplement their existing in-house workforce for specific projects, or to fill niche skill gaps. It's essentially a flexible staffing model that allows organisations to "augment" their team with specialist talent and consultants quickly and flexibly without making permanent hires.

As example, Qubit was recently approached by one of our clients to provide several of our front-end development team for a mobile application project.

The main differences between this and standard "contingent workforce" are the consultants are already vetted and utilised by Qubit and are often onboarded by us. As a client and partner, you are able to 'dial up or down 'your utilisation of the resources based on project demand (ie reducing hours / days or increasing immediately, growing the team quickly with additional resources) and you can either share responsibility of outcomes with us or alternatively use this model for Qubit to provide full outcome and risk for the project.

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Key Aspects of staff augmentation:

1. External professionals work as part of your team

2. Typically project-based or time-bound engagements

3. Can be on-site or remote

4. The selected team remain employed by Qubit but work under your direction – we also provide a ‘turnkey solution’ whereby we manage the full outcomes and governance of the team

Benefits:

1. Cost Efficiency

- No long-term employment commitments

- Reduced overhead costs (benefits, training, etc.)

- It does not take ‘typical time to fill’ of an internal/ external recruitment team / TA/ or HR function

- You pay only for the time and skills you need, NOT for holidays / weekends or absences etc

2. Flexibility & Scalability

- Quickly scale your teams up or down based on project demand

- Easy to adjust resource levels as your business or project needs change e.g. retaining for 2 days per week once go live/ release dates are scheduled

- Access to specialised skills for specific projects

3. Access to specialist talent

- Tap into a broader talent pool, not just “who is available on our bench”

- Get specialised expertise without permanent hiring, with trusted, vetted resources as part of Qubit and our partner ecosystem

- Reduce time spent on recruitment and onboarding – often Qubit are asked to onboard the consultants or our teams into your organisation within 1 -2 weeks whereas typical time to fill for most specialist businesses is over 4 weeks for contractors and even higher for full time IT and transformation staff

4. Risk Mitigation

- Lower hiring risks

- Qubit are able to easily replace resources (we can swap in / swap out based on feedback and performance quickly and easily without onerous notice periods etc)

- Reduced legal and HR complexities

5. You get to focus on Core Business

- Internal teams can focus on strategic initiatives

- Reduced management overheads

- Faster project delivery!

Qubit are meticulous in ensuring full documentation and knowledge transfer to your internal teams whilst also providing our clear onboarding process.

Our teams and delivery experts work with you to define the project scope and expectations upfront, as well as conducting our bespoke governance and QA process to measure performance.

Clear KPI’s and deliverables are agreed and defined in our work orders to ensure standards and progress.

If you’d like to discuss in more detail or see some of our augmentation case studies, please reach out to me on 0404 313277 or Richard.m@qubitadvisory.com.au