The key terms of a development contract: scope and acceptance, payment, code ownership, warranty and termination with handover. A business overview with common mistakes.
How the dedicated team model works, how it differs from staff augmentation and turnkey projects, what it costs and how to keep control of your product.
Fixed price suits stable scope, T&M suits a product that keeps changing. We explain why new products usually do best with a hybrid and how to keep the budget under control.
Choose a vendor by process: estimates, demos, account ownership and handover. Here are the questions to ask, a table for comparing quotes and warning signs.
An in-house team pays off when the product is your core business; outsourcing wins for launches and one-off work. Here is how to compare the full cost, not rates.