SOWA Digital covers the whole project — from requirements analysis and architecture to release and warranty support. You get a finished product by a fixed date, not a bundle of team hours: 30+ projects delivered, average team start 14 days.
The two models differ in where responsibility sits. That difference determines who carries the risk on timeline and budget — worth settling before the contract is signed.
In outsourcing, SOWA Digital owns the entire project: an analyst shapes the requirements, an architect designs the system, the development and QA team build it to an agreed plan, and a project manager is accountable for the timeline and the result. The client does not manage engineers directly or hire them in-house — they accept completed stages of work and the final product. This is a fixed-scope model: what is described in the specification and estimate will be delivered by the agreed date for the agreed amount.
Outsourcing fits if:
If, on the contrary, you already have your own product team, PM and architecture and simply lack hands on the project, the IT Outstaffing model is closer — there you manage SOWA engineers directly as part of your team. We compare both models in detail on a separate page.
Compare with IT OutstaffingFive stages with fixed control points. At each stage the client sees a result, not a report on hours spent.
Stakeholder interviews, an audit of current systems and integrations, requirements gathering. 3–10 days depending on project scale.
We design the technical architecture and fix the stack, scope, timeline and budget — all recorded in the contract and estimate.
Development runs in two-week sprints. After each one, a demo with working functionality rather than a slide presentation.
Functional, load and security testing, deployment to production, training the client's team to work with the system.
After launch, a warranty period for fixing defects, with the option to move to a permanent SLA support contract.
Three engagement models — choose by how clearly the scope is defined and who should manage the team.
| Criterion | Fixed Scope | Time & Materials | Outstaffing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who manages the project | SOWA (PM + tech lead) | SOWA (PM + tech lead) | Client |
| Payment | Fixed amount for the project | Hourly rate as incurred | Monthly per engineer |
| Better for | A clear scope and a hard deadline | Requirements that will be refined along the way | Companies with their own PM who need hands |
| Timeline | Fixed in the contract | Estimate is preliminary, refined in sprints | As long as the client's task is relevant |
| Responsibility for the result | SOWA Digital | SOWA Digital | Client |
Three industries where SOWA has deep expertise — with the typical projects most often commissioned under the outsourcing model.
Internet banking, payment services, scoring and anti-fraud systems — with mandatory compliance with Central Bank and PCI DSS requirements.
Billing systems, subscriber self-service, integration with the operator's network infrastructure.
CRM for a developer's sales team, the public complex website, integration with booking and banks' mortgage services.
For Fixed Scope, the price is set after the architecture and estimation stage: we break the scope down, estimate each task and build the final quote — it is written into the contract and does not change unless the scope changes. For Time & Materials, payment follows the team's actual hours at an agreed rate — this format is chosen when requirements are known to need refinement along the way.
After the architecture stage the scope is fixed, and changes are handled through a change request with a separate estimate of time and cost — this protects both the client's budget and the team's plan. If you know in advance that requirements will change often, it is more sensible to choose Time & Materials or Outstaffing from the start — there flexibility is built into the payment model itself.
All rights to the code, documentation and project artefacts pass to the client as stages are accepted and paid for — you are not tied to SOWA after the project ends. Work runs under NDA from the first day of discussion, and the company holds ISO 27001 certification.
Code goes through review inside the team, critical modules are covered by automated tests, and before release there is functional, load and security testing. A demo after every sprint lets the client catch a mismatch with requirements early rather than after handover.
Yes — after release there is a warranty period during which we fix defects introduced in development at no cost. When it ends you can move to a permanent SLA contract for support and product development.
14 days on average from request to team start. 98% of clients stay with us for the next project.
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