Team composition
Identify engineering, design, QA, and technical responsibilities from the expected work. Discuss the required experience rather than staffing against generic role labels.
Dedicated software development teams
Add a team for ongoing product development. ACW shapes the proposed roles and delivery responsibilities around your roadmap, existing engineering setup, and the work that needs sustained attention.
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A product can need more engineering capacity without needing a new delivery model. The starting point is the backlog, required skills, and responsibilities your existing team can retain.
A dedicated engagement suits continuing work where maintaining product context matters. Availability, team composition, and the division of responsibility need agreement before delivery starts.
Establish how the team will operate
What the engagement establishes
The initial outputs are a team proposal, responsibility map, onboarding plan, and delivery review arrangement. During the engagement, outputs follow the agreed product backlog and acceptance criteria.
A continuing team arrangement preserves a route for product questions and delivery decisions. It still requires a client decision owner and timely access to the systems involved.
Start with context and an agreed delivery area
We review the roadmap and current team, propose the responsibilities and roles, then agree onboarding and access. Initial work establishes the review process and exposes dependencies before the team takes on a wider scope.
Progress, issues, and capacity requirements are reviewed through the agreed reporting and planning cycle.
Define acceptance and staffing terms
Feature acceptance follows the agreed requirements and review process. Team responsibilities, availability, replacement arrangements, and capacity changes belong in the engagement terms. A dedicated model does not imply unlimited staffing, fixed release dates, or round-the-clock support.
Illustrative example
Illustrative example: an ongoing integration backlog
A product team has recurring integration work while its internal engineers maintain core services. A dedicated team could take an agreed integration area, with shared interface decisions and defined reviews. The engagement would specify how priorities, testing, and release responsibilities are divided.
Questions about dedicated teams
How is this different from team extension?
A dedicated team has an agreed team setup and delivery area. Team Extension adds individual roles to a delivery structure your team manages.
Can the team composition change?
Changes depend on the work, availability, and agreed terms. The planning process identifies needs early; it does not promise immediate access to every role.
Who owns product priorities?
The engagement names the decision owner and how priorities are approved. Delivery responsibility does not automatically transfer business authority to the supplier.
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Tell us where continuing capacity is needed
Share the roadmap area, current team, and responsibilities you want the engagement to cover.