Overview
Rural outsourcing offers a cost-effective yet risk-adverse alternative to offshore outsourcing. Using an innovative training program, Onshore is retooling Missouri's rural workforce in advanced technology professions. Rural Outsourcing is America's answer to globalization and the preferred method of containing software development costs, improving technology throughput, and creating American jobs.
The following visualization depicts a governance structure for Rural Technology Centers (RTCs). As seen here, the RTC becomes an extended facility of the client providing Application Development, Integration, Deployment, and Reporting Services.
Core Value Propositions
- Cost Containment
Our cost of labor, recruitment costs, overhead expense, and training costs are substantially lower than our competitors.
- Speed of Delivery
“Velocity Discipline” is a process, which results in more timely and frequent release schedules. Results in a faster time-to-market for our customers.
- Risk Mitigation
Onshore is a local presence unencumbered from the risk factors affecting offshore competitors. All of our engineers are Microsoft-Certified Developers.
- Security
Offshore outsourced jobs adhere to offshore laws whereas Onshore can offer the heartland security of Copyright Protection, Privacy Laws, Health Information Portability and Accessibility Act, Sarbanes Oxley and Gramm Leach Bliley.
Discovery Workshops
As a part of the engagement process, a Discovery Workshop is performed to optimize the client's outsourcing portfolio. This process ensures a balanced approach to sourcing to ensure that business goals are supported by the CORRECT application of rural outsourcing.
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Workforce Development Approach
On initial hire, Onshore resources are given a behavioral interview that assesses whether or not candidates have the behavioral characteristics necessary to succeed in Onshore's environment. They are then given a Computer Programming Aptitude Battery Test. Those who do well, are entered into a twelve week training program leading to certification as Microsoft-Certified Application Developers or Sun-Certified Java Component Developers. Interestingly, Onshore has productionalized its training program working with State of Missouri to establish 16 Training Centers over the next few years providing Onshore with sufficient scalability to produce hundreds of technologists per year.
In an on-the-job setting, they are then endoctrined into the client's environment using techniques such as pair programming and various team-building processes.
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Ongoing Performance Measurement
To quantify value and to publish plans and progress stemming from it's RTCs, Onshore has developed a set of tools and processes to deliver a number of simple, easy-to-use digital dashboard reports:
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