Engagement Model
Adroit offers various IT outsourcing engagement models to the clients that go over and beyond tactical outsourcing. These models offer the opportunity to accelerate outsourcing higher along the collaborative value chain. You can choose from any one the generally accepted models below or a combination of them for different phases of your project. We can work with you to customize a model to address your specific need.
- Project based pricing or Fixed bid
- Milestone based billing
- Effort based pricing or Time & Material
- Development Facility or Retainer
- Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Model
The above pricing models can be applied to our services with innovative methods for convenience and best value for money.
Project based pricing or fixed bid
- A low risk option, which you can choose when the scope and specifications for the projects are reasonably clear
- We provide Project based pricing in domains where we have the required expertise along with well defined estimation tools to determine the resource commitments
- Our process optimization ensures reliability, predictability and optimized performance of the projects to deliver on time and within budget
Milestone-based Billing
This option works for Clients who are concerned about progress in remote projects, milestones-based payment schedules reinforce progress monitoring. It helps justify payment based on achievable milestone and visible progress reduces risks.
Effort based pricing or Time & Material
- Effort based pricing model, ensures the project cost is a function of the total project execution time and the corresponding resources deployed
- This engagement model is particularly useful in contexts where the projects are quite complex and are prone to specification and design changes midstream
- This model provides our customers with greater flexibility in terms of developing the project specification on an ongoing basis and updating with modifications in keeping with the changing market demands
Milestone based billing
This option works for Clients who are concerned about progress in remote projects, milestones-based payment schedules reinforce progress monitoring. It helps justify payment based on achievable milestone and visible progress reduces risks.
Development Facility or Retainer
A Dedicated facility is an extension of the customer’s own engineering/development center. Through such dedicated facilities, we offer the best skill sets, resources, and flexibility and time-to-market advantages to the customers, taking all necessary efforts to protect the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of the customers. We allow our customers all rights to the IPR developed in the Development Facility. For our customers requiring constant offshore support our dedicated Facility provides cost effective solutions. Our customer specific quality/process frameworks and teams are trained in keeping with the specific requirements of our clients. The resources are paid on a retainer basis.
Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Model
Adroit’s Build-Operate-Transfer Model, presents a dedicated facility for the client. This facility is like an extension of the client’s own facility.The association covers establishment of the operation, acquisition of facilities and staff. The dedicated facility is staffed either by existing Adroit’s resources or by Client’s resources or by resources hired specifically for engagement or a mix of them all. We have a well-defined mechanism for the smooth transition of the facility to the client.
Benefits to clients working with this model are:
- Faster Time to Market
- Lower Establishment Costs
- Risk Reduction
- Flexibility
- Process Expertise
- Provides the Option of owning the facility