Services Consulting & support
Team augmentation
Engineers who work inside your team, in your repositories and reviews, when you need more delivery capacity.
At a glance
- Includes
- Engineers matched to your stack, working inside your team
- Works with
- Your repositories, tickets and code review process
- Delivered as
- A scoped engagement, agreed in writing and adjustable as your needs change
- Starts with
- A conversation about your team and what the extra capacity is for
Fit
Is this right for you?
Usually the right call when one of these sounds familiar.
A roadmap ahead of the team
More to build than your engineers can deliver in time.
Hiring would take too long
You need people now, and a search would arrive late.
A skill the team lacks
A language or platform nobody has run in production.
A project with a fixed window
Extra capacity for a launch or migration, not for good.
Not the right service? Unsure what to build: IT consultancy. Running a live system day to day: Maintenance.
Scope
Scope and what you get
Scoped and agreed in writing before the engineers start. Each piece of work has a matching thing you receive.
- What we do
Matched to your stack
Engineers chosen for the languages, frameworks and tools your team already uses.
What you receiveCapacity when you need it
Experienced engineers added to your team without a long hiring process.
- What we do
Inside your workflow
They work in your repositories, tickets and code reviews, and follow your standards.
What you receiveWork you can review
Every change arrives through your normal review process, in your repositories.
- What we do
Scoped in advance
Roles, hours and duration are agreed up front, and reviewed as your needs change.
What you receiveA plan you can adjust
Hours and duration follow your workload, so the engagement can grow or shrink.
- What we do
Handover notes
Decisions and context are written down as we go, in your own tools.
What you receiveKnowledge that stays
Documentation and handover notes, so your team does not depend on ours.
Use cases
Relevant use cases
Practical situations where this service is put to work. Open a card to see how it applies.
Delivering a roadmap that is ahead of the team
Extra engineers inside your product team, working in your repositories to move planned work along.
- Join your sprints, tickets and code reviews
- Matched to the languages and frameworks of your product
- Notes left in your documentation as the work goes
Covering a skill the team does not have yet
An engineer with the missing language, framework or platform, working next to your people.
- Skills reviewed with you before anyone starts
- Knowledge shared with your team as the work goes
- Scoped to the gap, not to a full hire
Staffing a project with a fixed window
Capacity for a launch, a migration or a deadline, scaled back when the window closes.
- Roles, hours and duration agreed in writing
- Adjusted if the window moves
- A handover at the end of the engagement
Sample use cases, drafted as placeholders. The Plethora team confirms the final list.
Process
How it works
Four stops, agreed with you as we go. Each shows what we do and what we need from you.
Understand
We doWe learn your team, codebase and delivery process, and what the extra capacity is meant to achieve.
You doYou introduce us to the team and walk us through the codebase and how you work.
Plan
We doWe agree roles, hours, duration and how the engineers will join your ways of working.
You doYou confirm the scope, name a day-to-day contact and decide what access they get.
Support
We doThe engineers deliver alongside your people, in your tools, with regular check-ins.
You doYou assign work as you would to your own team and review it as usual.
Review
We doWe check progress against what was agreed and recommend extending, changing or ending.
You doYou decide, and tell us how the work went.
Quality
Quality and handover
How the work is checked, accepted and passed to you.
Reviewed your way
Every change goes through your own code review before it is merged.
Regular check-ins
Progress is compared with what was agreed, and changes are written down.
Notes as we go
Decisions and context are kept in your documentation tools, not in ours.
A defined handover
At the end, the work, the access and the notes stay with your team.
Engagement
Engagement and cost factors
Ways to work with us
A scoped project
A defined piece of work, with roles and duration agreed in writing.
A team alongside yours
Engineers join your team for as long as you need the capacity.
Ongoing support
A steady number of hours each month, adjusted as your workload changes.
What shapes scope, timing and cost
- How many engineers you need, and which skills
- How long you need them
- Your tools, access rules and onboarding process
- How closely your own team directs the work
- How much handover and documentation is needed
Scope and cost are confirmed with you in writing before work starts.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Yes. They work in your repositories, ticket system and review process, with the access you grant.
Yes. Engagements are scoped to the work and agreed in advance.
You do. It is delivered into your repositories through your normal review process.
We match them to the languages, frameworks and tools your team uses, and you review their skills with us before anyone starts.
Add capacity without a long hiring process. Start with a conversation.
Tell us what you need and we will come back with next steps.
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