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In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, businesses in the IT industry can face resource shortages and can raise the challenge of meeting increasing demands for specialized skills while also ensuring cost-effectiveness and efficiency. Two popular strategies have emerged as potential solutions:  team augmentation  and outsourcing. Both approaches aim to enhance productivity, accelerate project timelines, and access specific expertise. Most consider both to be the same and are oblivious to the fact that each has its own advantages and considerations. This blog will explore the key differences, benefits, and drawbacks of team augmentation and outsourcing in the IT industry. What does Staff Augmentation mean? Team or staff augmentation refers to the practice of extending an existing in-house team by hiring external professionals on a temporary basis. This approach provides companies with access to a wider talent pool and specialized skills without the need for long-term commitm

For any business, it is challenging to find competitive and skillful employees. In addition, as we know training new joinees can impact budgets or affect the company's revenues. Hiring and training can be considered investments, but when a business requires staff due to the temporary or permanent absence of staff members who have an illness, are on holiday, have resigned, etc. can prove to be a challenge. During these scenarios, recruitment can be expensive and time-consuming.   To solve this problem, an Augmented Staffing Model, can provide businesses with the luxury of hiring experienced employees for a temporary period at an affordable price. This model is of immense help for businesses as it allows projects to be executed smoothly, while training new employees. Also, they can use the Augmented Staffing Model to hire experts for a particular project.   Think about the Advantages and Disadvantages There are a number of advantages and disadvantages of the Augmented Team hiring mod