Here in the US, where competition for IT projects is intense, most customers expect and want high quality results on time, for a predictable cost that, preferably, is as low as possible.

At the same time there is a shortage of highly skilled programmers in the US who do good quality work.

Project Developer, Inc. addresses these issues by combining US-based project developers and offshore team's work. Project developers focus locally, on site, on tasks that are customer interaction dependent and work in tandem with the offshore application development team. Together we cover all the aspects and stages of computer application development.

The more companies work this way, the fewer foreign worker visas are needed and the fewer programmers need to move to the US, that is, the more programmers can stay in their home country and make a good living without having to move to the US.

Further, this work structure can lower the total cost of the projects 3 to 5 times, while allowing us to make sure that the final results are high quality products that meet the users needs and wants.

For complex projects that require different types of skills and knowledge, it would be pretty difficult to find application developers locally who are absolute masters in all the needed areas. By working with the offshore developers we can combine the skills as needed, hire the right people for all the needed tasks and deliver the results for a very competitive price.

There's another benefit to this arrangement. Project Developer, Inc. working with offshore developers makes this company a much more stable and reliable service provider than it would be if the company would simply hire people locally. By using the work structure described here, we have a bigger pool of talent to choose from and we work with teams of developers that are bigger than would be the team that we would hire locally. So, this approach makes it easier to ensure that all the tasks are completed as needed.

In addition, such an arrangement is a step closer to meritocracy, where people who work together do so because their skills are well suited for handling the necessary tasks. This means higher participant satisfaction, which in turn results in better quality work results.

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