When people look for any software development company to outsource their development work, people generally face problems to select the right software and web development company. The problem become major when they look for companies which are not located in their own country.
When people Google for the term "software development companies" or software development company with country name as people like to outsource their development work to the countries which provide cost effective development. A large number of people prefer India to outsource their work as India is a leading country in providing quality development work at comparatively low-cost.
Here before discussing how to select the company, I would like to show light on why people outsource work? Saving money has always been one of the drivers for outsourcing. People get better development work done at very nominal prices (due to difference in currency value) and in most of the cases quality is better. Outsourcing also reduces infrastructure cost so in this way it helps to increase ROI.
Now the question is what points should be considered to reduce risks before outsourcing work to any software development company or we can say that how to choose the best company to outsource development work?
Company reputation: Company reputation in the technical or software market plays a very important role. Always go with a reputed company, if the company charges little bit more than others then do not give importance to money because by giving some extra bucks you would get better quality of service.
Qualified developer staff: It is very essential that the developers who will work on your project should have technical expertise and enthusiasm towards their work. They should have enough experience and capability to develop a standard application, fulfilling your requirements. You can check previous experience of developers who would work on your project.
Support services after development: Only quality application development is not enough, software support after development is also important. Make sure that the company would provide proper software support after development without raising any issues.
Company Portfolio: Check company portfolio that would give you the idea about company client and the projects developed by them. You can also read testimonial of their clients to know how satisfied their clients are with their services. This would help to increase your satisfaction that your project is going in the safe hands and would result into a quality development.