Management Models

	Not-to-exceed budget
	The not-to-exceed budgeting model provides the control of time-and-materials with the protection of fix-priced.
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	Maintenance-by-budget
	To offer the most effective application maintenance services, ESD has created the maintenance-by-budget management model which establishes a Service Level Agreement (SLA), a maintenance budget, communications plan and activity prioritization matrix. A standing maintenance team is tasked with handling inquiries, incidents, system failures, minor system enhancements and application re-factoring. Resource utilization is measured against the budget to ensure it is within predefined tolerances on a monthly and quarterly timeframe.
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	Offshore Staffing
	A popular offshore management model is the Offshore Staffing model. Resources are located in our offshore offices, given the full benefit of our facilities and infrastructure, and are 100% dedicated to the client’s activities and managed directly by the client. By building an offshore team of Managers, developers, testers, and analysts the client can easily build an offshore IT division, while greatly mitigating the risks associated with starting and maintaining an offshore company from scratch.
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	Time & Materials
	When planning and estimates do not make sense due to project size or when ESD is not tasked with managing the project team, then the Time & Materials model makes the most sense.
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Not-to-exceed budget