The primary difference between staff augmentation and project-based consulting (sometimes referred to as “fixed-fee”) is staff augmentation services provide individual qualified resources to your already existing team, whereas project-based consulting offers a vendor managed, deliverable specific approach. With staff augmentation, the vendor recruits for and identifies qualified resources to augment your existing team’s need for a particular requirement (which can change as needed). You can then interview and select the presented resource(s) which you would like to engage. Project-based engagements are typically managed by the vendor and have defined goals, milestones and/or deliverables associated with clear start and end dates. Paid for actual hours worked by resources, staff augmentation offers a staffing solution that is flexible by way of scope and can shift depending on your organization’s needs, even after a resource is selected. Vendor’s delivering services under a project-based model are typically paid for completion of previously agreed milestones or deliverables at fixed or not-to-exceed amounts.
The key difference is that under our staff augmentation model, we handle the administrative and tactical components of staffing your team, applying our 29 years’ of experience in recruiting qualified resources so that you can focus completely on the organization’s larger goals and initiatives.