Software Development Engagement Models

Start with who should lead the work. If your team has delivery leadership and needs more hands, add engineers through staff augmentation. If you want a partner to answer for the result, choose managed delivery or a defined project. For one technical problem, a senior team fits. We recommend the model that matches how much of the delivery you want to run yourself.

It depends on the model. When engineers join your team, your leads assign the work, run the standups, and approve the code. In managed delivery and projects, JBS Dev runs the team, the plan, and the releases, while you set the priorities. A senior team agrees with you on what done means, then owns the solution until your team takes it over.

It depends on the model. A senior team engagement ends when the problem is solved and your team has taken it over. A project ends at release, with knowledge transfer and documentation. Added engineers stay for a set period, full time or part time. Managed delivery and application support run as long as the work does. For defined work, we agree on what done looks like before it starts.

Yes. Each model stands alone or leads into the next. A team that starts with added engineers can later hand JBS Dev a defined project, or the other way around. A fixed-scope build can turn into managed delivery after launch. A senior team engagement can move into another model if the work grows past one problem.

Yes, in every model. Added engineers work inside your team. A managed team can include your engineers or work beside them, and a senior team solves its problem alongside yours. We agree who reviews code, who decides on architecture, and how releases are approved, so the work runs as one delivery effort. See Managed Software Delivery.

Senior US-based engineers lead our builds, with nearshore support available for ongoing work. We agree on the mix with you before anyone starts, based on the work and the hours your team keeps. You'll know who joins the engagement and where they work.

You do. Whatever we build, you own, including the code, pipeline definitions, runbooks, and documentation. We don't sell software licenses or a platform, so there's no ongoing fee to use your own system. Knowledge transfer is a service we can provide in every model, so your team can run and change what we built.

It depends on the model and the work. Added engineers are priced by role, number of engineers, and hours. Projects, managed delivery, and senior team work depend on the size of the problem, the specialties it needs, and the condition of the systems involved. We don't quote before we understand the work, and an assessment or a short conversation turns those factors into an estimate.

Start with a code audit. Senior engineers find what's actually broken, which is often less than it looks, and fix the highest-risk problems first. When Petco's mobile app was less than 25% complete after a year, a JBS Dev team of five finished it in four months. See Software Project Rescue.