Your Team. Live in
2–4 Weeks.
From the moment you sign with us to your first sprint stand-up — every single step is owned, managed, and executed by ManagedTeams.co. No surprises. No hand-holding required.
How It Works
A Transparent, Step-by-Step Engagement Model
We have refined a five-phase delivery model across dozens of engagements. Every phase has a clear owner, a defined output, and a fixed timeline — so you always know exactly where things stand.
Phase 1 · Day 1–3
Discovery & Requirements Planning
Before we place a single engineer, we invest time understanding your business — not just a job description. Our senior delivery lead conducts structured discovery calls covering product roadmap, technical architecture, team culture, communication preferences, and delivery cadence expectations.
The outcome of this phase is a Scoped Team Brief — a living document that defines roles, seniority levels, stack requirements, time-zone overlap, and success metrics for the first 90 days.
- ✓ Structured discovery call with your technical and product leads
- ✓ Scoped Team Brief document delivered within 48 hours
- ✓ Engagement model recommendation (Monthly Managed, Flex Scale, or Build-Operate-Scale)
- ✓ Transparent cost estimate — no hidden markups, ever
Phase 2 · Day 3–5
Agreement & Operational Setup
Once the Scoped Team Brief is approved, we move rapidly to contractual and operational setup. This is where most offshore engagements get delayed — we have eliminated that friction entirely through standardised, lawyer-reviewed agreements and pre-configured operational infrastructure.
You sign one master service agreement. We handle all entity, payroll, compliance, and infrastructure setup on our side with zero involvement required from you.
- ✓ Master Service Agreement signed — full IP protection and NDA
- ✓ No Indian entity, no local bank account, no legal overhead on your side
- ✓ Payroll, compliance, and HR infrastructure configured internally
- ✓ Dedicated delivery manager assigned to your engagement
Phase 3 · Week 1–2
Team Formation & Candidate Review
We activate our pre-vetted talent network and begin sourcing engineers matched specifically to your Scoped Team Brief — not a generic talent pool. Every candidate undergoes a multi-stage technical and cultural screening before you see their profile.
You retain full hiring authority. You interview shortlisted candidates, ask your technical questions, and make every final call. We never place engineers without your explicit approval.
- ✓ Candidates sourced against your exact tech stack and seniority requirements
- ✓ Multi-stage screening: technical assessment, communication, domain fit
- ✓ Shortlist of 2–3 candidates per role delivered within 5–7 business days
- ✓ You interview, you decide — full hiring authority retained by your team
- ✓ Replacement guarantee: free re-sourcing within the first 30 days if needed
Phase 4 · Week 2–4
Onboarding & Workflow Integration
Approved engineers are onboarded into both our operational infrastructure and your delivery environment simultaneously. The team joins your Slack, your Jira, your GitHub, your stand-ups — behaving like an internal team from Day 1, not a distant contractor pool.
Your dedicated delivery manager facilitates the integration, handles all coordination friction, and ensures the team is productive within their first sprint — not three months in.
- ✓ Full tool access provisioned: Slack, Jira, GitHub, Confluence, Figma, etc.
- ✓ Team joins your existing agile ceremonies from the first week
- ✓ Codebase walkthrough, architecture review, and sprint context transfer
- ✓ First sprint planned collaboratively — backlog, acceptance criteria, velocity baseline
- ✓ Delivery manager bridges time-zone and communication gaps in real time
Phase 5 · Continuous
Ongoing Management & Scaling
This is where ManagedTeams.co fundamentally differs from staff augmentation. After go-live, we never step away. Our operational layer continuously manages performance, retention, team health, reporting, and scaling — so that overhead never lands back on your desk.
As your product grows, your team scales with it. Add engineers, rotate roles, expand to new domains — with zero additional hiring overhead on your side. We handle the operational complexity; you focus entirely on building product.
- ✓ Monthly delivery reports and team performance dashboards
- ✓ Ongoing HR, payroll, compliance, and infrastructure management
- ✓ Proactive retention management — industry-leading <5% annual attrition
- ✓ Flexible scaling: add or reduce headcount on monthly notice
- ✓ Quarterly strategic reviews — team alignment with product roadmap evolution
Timeline at a Glance
Kickoff to First Commit — In Under 4 Weeks
Most companies spend 3–6 months hiring a single senior engineer. We stand up entire teams in the time it takes most agencies to write a job description.
The Managed Layer
Everything We Handle, So You Don’t Have To
Ongoing management is not a bolt-on. It is the core of every ManagedTeams.co engagement — built in from Day 1, running continuously at every phase.
People & HR Operations
Full-cycle HR management including payroll, benefits, leave administration, performance reviews, and disciplinary processes — all executed in India with zero overhead on your side.
Delivery Governance
Sprint reporting, velocity tracking, code quality metrics, and escalation management handled by your dedicated delivery leader. You get visibility without the management tax.
Legal & IP Security
Full NDA coverage, employment contracts, GDPR-aligned data handling, and IP assignment — all configured before a single line of code is written. Your code is always yours.
Infrastructure & Tooling
Workstations, internet redundancy, collaboration tools, security software, and physical workspace all provisioned and maintained. No hardware procurement or IT support needed from you.
Retention & Team Health
Proactive team-health monitoring, engagement programs, career-development pathways, and competitive compensation benchmarking — keeping your attrition well below the industry average.
Scaling & Roadmap Alignment
Quarterly strategic reviews align team composition and seniority mix with your evolving product roadmap. Add engineers, shift expertise areas, or scale down — on monthly notice.
Common Questions
Questions About Our Process
By the Numbers
What Our Clients Report After 12 Months
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Start Your Process.
Get a Team Live in 2–4 Weeks.
Book a discovery call and receive a fully scoped team proposal — including cost breakdown and timeline — within 5 business days. No commitment required.