Proposal forNear-Shore Technical

Resources To:

Primary Services

Costa Rican Technical Outsourcing US Contract Resources Direct Hire

Near Shore Staff AugmentationNear Shore Staff augmentation allows you as the client to take advantage of a talented labor pool at very reasonable rates. “Costa Rica has recently been considered the third most viable technical talent pool behind only India and China. This trend is expected to continue.”

-Brian R Cook – Ecommerce Times

Why Outsource to Costa Rica?Advantages:

Large technical pool of candidates with over 25,000 Technology professionals.

Near shore as opposed to Offshore with Shorter and less expensive flights for on-site meetings. ½ day travel time to San Jose, Costa Rica. ( 5 hours direct from Denver)

Same time zone for complete workday communication between project managers and developers.

A well educated and English speaking workforce.

New and less expensive technologies (VOIP with Utah direct lines)

Advantages Continued:

Larger US investment and proven results with large US companies such as Intel, Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

New Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and favored policies on free trade and International partnering.

Strong support for CAFTA US – Central America Free Trade Agreement.

Advantages to working with Excel Resources Costa Rica Local (Utah) Account Manager (Ken Johnston)

30+ years technical experience working with IT staff and creating successful outsourcing solutions

Real Time communications between the Costa Rican team and your local development team (US phone numbers, T-3 line, conferencing rooms and phones)

Utah based company with local invoicing and accounting.

U.S. profit center

Weekly code review and change order allocation.

International candidate testing and comparison (ProveIT)

Continued Advantages to working with Excel Costa Rica has many advantages to building team experiences

as well as a relaxing environment to travel and explore.

Flexibility with talent pool and skill-sets. We have already identified a diverse talent pool.

Low cost alternative to many other technical outsourcing Companies.

Team Structure Project Manager -  Responsibility to keep the team moving forward,

remove roadblocks, provide project status, keep the project in scope, assure timelines are met, project stays in budget  Works with Technical Lead in US and Costa Rica to define the project timeline.

Business Analyst  Technical Lead -Works with technical contact in the US to assure the

full understanding of project specifications and requirements, assigns and distributes work to the technical team members. Responsible to validate coding standards are followed, and the code has been developed to specifications, and is ready for QA testing.  Technical Lead can be used as a developer in the initial stages of team.

Application Developer Database Developer Graphics Artist QA

Team Recruiting Time Line

Recruiting - 2-4 weeks

Screening Interviewing -1-2 weeks

Client Interviews  - 1-2  weeks

Candidate Selection  - 2 days

Candidate Start Date - 2-4 weeks

Recommended Hiring Strategy

Hiring Phase I - Establish a core management team, with a smaller development staff to work through the communication and development process.

Project Manager Technical Lead .NET Application Developer (2) -  Team would be composed of a Sr. and mid

level developer Database Developer (2) - Paired to work with each application developer Sr.

and mid level

Hiring Phase 2 - Team expansion after Phase 1 team has created the foundation Technical staff is added based on need with up to 6 -8 developers working with

one Technical Lead QA Analyst - Responsible for assuring the software developed passes meets

the specifications and is ready for production deployment

Communication – Key to Success Process: How the work is to be done.

Roles: Who is responsible for the work. 

Specifications: What work needs to be done.

Project Plan: When the work needs to be done.

Measurement Metrics: How the success of the work will be measured. 

Integration: This communication defines how the team will integrate with you at a team and technology level.

Pricing Structure

Discipline Junior 1-3 Years Mid level 3-5 Years Senior 5+

Developer $17.00- $22.00/hr $23.00-$26.00/hr $27.00- $32.00/hr

Database Dev $17.00 -$22.00/hr $23.00-$26.00/hr $27.00-$32.00/hr

Database Admin $17.00-$22.00/hr $23.00-$26.00/hr $27.00-$32.00/hr

Business Anal $17.00-$22.00/hr$23.00-$26.00/hr $27.00-$32.00/hr

QA Test $15.00-$17.00/hr $18.00-$21.00/hr $22.00-$24.00/hr

Web/GUI $16.00-$18.00/hr $19.00-$22.00/hr $23.00-$25.00/hr

* Excel Billing is based on Time and Materials and will be straight time only. Excel will be responsible for all local hardware and necessary communication equipment. Any additional software or applications will be the responsibility of the client.

ConclusionWhere would you rather visit your offshore team?