The detailed technical consultation (which itself is worth thousands of dollars in value) includes things like challenges of the project, what tech-stack to use to solve those challenges. A detailed hiring plan is also part of this consultation and includes details on what skill set and experience your team need to have.

Finding developers and freelancers is easy — the hard part is knowing if you have found people who will truly deliver. This is specifically difficult if you don't have years of experience in vetting and choosing the best developers from a range of technologies. We do.

When we have candidates we like we give them a stage to showcase their communication skills and problem-solving ability through a series of video interviews. Here we are looking for people with highly relevant skill sets, well-documented code, and a disciplined approach to testing.

Applicants are tested on language-specific knowledge as well as general programming and algorithm knowledge.

Swabhav's tried and tested engagement model of team extension has been refined over the years. We make sure we are not limited by the distance, time zone differences, and communication fluency that come with resources.

1) Test Cases Driven User Stories for Clear Requirements
When our engagement with the client starts we help them create detailed user stories and scope out the next few sprints.

2) Intense Sprint Planning
In order to execute projects on time, you need to plan sprints as much as possible.

3) Iterative Delivery
Typically, in an agile development process, we will divide the implementation process into several checkpoints rather than a single deadline. They are called iterations and are part of each sprint.

4) Documentation
We document everything from application and code level architecture decisions, to live user stories document, to design focused UX/UI/Design System documents.

5) Constant Communication and Retrospective
Stand-Up Each workday begins with a brief team stand-up meeting to discuss what we did yesterday, and what we plan to do today.

6) Code review
A successful peer review strategy for code review requires a balance between strictly documented processes and a non-threatening, collaborative environment.

7) Integrating QA in the development process
We have gotten much better about integrating QA in our development process. We used to loop QA in after our code was pushed to the master branch, which was clunky.
Now our QA engineers will identify and create a test plan as soon as we begin working on the next sprint. As initial development nears completion, an engineer and a QA engineer will run through test scenarios together.

8) Post-release
It’s important to circle back and review how the process went once you’re done, be it a success or failure.
Did the testing rightly model the production scenario? Did your team correctly estimate the effort required to release a product? How is the product running in production?

Review how well the team performed by revisiting the implementation and testing checkpoints. Your team will adjust their performance accordingly as they grow used to being held accountable for every step in this process.