Staff augmentation

Staff augmentation is a kind of outsourcing used to fill positions on a project and meet the needs of the company. The method entails taking stock of the current workforce to ascertain where improvement in expertise is needed. This strategy may take use of outsourced services and contract labour, allowing for greater utilisation of current resources.

The purpose of this activity is to find ways to meet staffing needs using current skills and resources. The market for staff augmentation services is flooded by several consulting firms. It is predicted that by 2015, the staff augmentation market would be worth $45 billion.

Because of the plethora of IT resources, falling prices, and shrinking margins for enterprises that use these services, staff augmentation has become more common.