Our Process for Onboarding a Dedicated Development Team

Most issues with dedicated teams originate from rushed or unclear onboarding.

Strong onboarding aligns expectations, ownership, and communication before development pressure begins.

We begin by understanding business goals, product vision, and success criteria.

This step ensures everyone agrees on priorities, constraints, and what success actually looks like.

Clear ownership prevents confusion as the team scales.

We define who owns architecture, quality, prioritization, and approvals from the start.

Team composition is aligned with product complexity and roadmap needs.

Roles are clearly defined so accountability doesn’t overlap or fall through gaps.

We walk the team through existing architecture, constraints, and future considerations.

This context prevents local optimizations that harm long-term scalability.

Shared workflows ensure consistency across planning, development, and review.

We align on tools, communication norms, and quality standards early.

• Sprint planning and review cadence
• Code review and quality standards
• Documentation expectations
• Communication and escalation paths

Documentation is treated as a core onboarding deliverable.

We ensure key decisions, architecture, and processes are captured from the start.

Early delivery is intentionally scoped to validate alignment and quality.

Feedback loops during this phase help refine collaboration before scaling output.

After initial sprints, we review what’s working and what needs adjustment.

This prevents small issues from becoming long-term friction.

Once onboarding is complete, the team operates with predictable cadence and ownership.

This rhythm supports stable delivery, quality, and future scaling.