This method involves filling the skill set that a certain company is lacking, by hiring professionals from a third party for certain periods of time (either long or short). This way, the company doesn’t need to find and hire talent internally.

Once the company defines the skills, experience and number of developers they need, they recruit a partner that can fulfill that project requirements. The staff augmentation agencies have their own professionals database they can select candidates from. After the selection, screening and interviews are completed, they will recieve a job offer.

Staff augmentation allows the company to get lower costs during development and finding experts quickly and beyond the local network. Also, the company doesn’t have to handle the developer’s needs such as benefits and training.

Outsourcing allows a company to hire a third-party agency to perform the tasks that could otherwise be handled in-house. Staff augmentation provides the resources to increase the capacity of the company’s internal team.