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title: "Quiz: In-house Vs. Extended Teams For Your Development Projects"
description: Success depends on the right resources. Uncover what may work best for your software development project.
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# In-house vs. Extended Teams for your development projects?

## Success depends on the right resources. Uncover what may work best for you.

Your development projects require an appropriate level of expertise and resources for completion. But, is it better to hire new resources or look for different variations of Team Extensions to boost your development capabilities? The answer often relies on your company's goals and timelines. Take the quiz to determine which route may work the best for you.

What is your development team's performance under the current circumstances, as distancing requirements may limit in-office personnel?   
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Our team's performance has been stellar, and the team continues to deliver on-time and on-budget, with high quality.

The team is overloaded, and the motivation is going down.

Overall, everything is fine, but we have a few urgent tasks coming up, and this may be too much to take on.

Does your team currently work remotely or in different offices?   
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No, we must all reside in the same location

While we like everyone to be in the same office, its not typically possible, especially with COVID-19.

Yes, our current team resides in remote offices or homes.

Were there any changes in the users’ feedback about your product/services recently?   
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We are consistently receiving positive feedback.

The feedback is mixed—overall, quite positive, but sometimes there are some negative comments (improvement requests) on the quality, performance, usability, etc.

N/A, we don’t have a product/service offering yet (still working on launch or missing deadlines).

Did you extend your software development team in the past three months?   
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Yes, we’ve hired in-house employees, and they started remotely.

We partner with another organization and have an extended team with them.

Not applicable, unknown, or unable to find appropriate partner.

How long does it take for the new engineer, software developer, or other employees on your team to become 100% productive?   
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Less than 2 months

2-6 months

6+ months

Do you need to have a ‘go-to’ pool of resources to fulfill an on-demand need?   
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No, we can generally find the right people immediately.

Sometimes, but not always.

Yes, it would be very beneficial to have resources ‘on the bench’ and ready when needed.

How soon does your project need to begin?   
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We have a year or more until the start date.

We will begin in the next 6-12 months.

Our project is already underway or will begin within the next few months

How many new resources will you need for your next project?   
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0-1, as we have almost everyone required.

Unsure, but maybe we will add a person or two.

We need three or more new resources.

What is the technology stack in your projects? Which best describes your situation?   
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We build everything using the latest and industry-leading, recognized technologies. There are specialists available; they are quite in-demand though

It's a mix. We developed some of our products quite a while ago; that's why finding the specialists willing to work on older technologies is getting harder and harder.

Not applicable or unknown, as we are still selecting the needed technology.

How do you foster technical innovation within your development team?   
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We run agile practices and encourage knowledge-sharing practices among developers

We don’t have any formal practices, but our specialists are sometimes quite innovative.

Not applicable or unknown, as we are still selecting the best ways to implement ‘innovation’.

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