If you work with teams virtually from all over the globe, sometimes you need to take a hard look at who is doing what. Is your team in Botswana (hypothetically speaking) duplicatingsome of the work done by your team in Ottawa (ditto) or vica versa? If so, this means you and/or your client are paying twice for the same service. Sit down with your client by phone, Skype , IM or face2face andsystematically discuss your areas of concern. With so many different softwares and service providers interfacing, the hard work of one must sometimes be undone to be delivered by another.Maybe you need to amalgamate more and diversify less. Or the opposite may be true, where you find you need to outsource bits of projects to too many service providers, when what you really need is a team under your command that can handle it all.
Whatever works to deliver the best product and service to your client, don’t be afraid to suggest and make changes. Continue to streamline to build the best and most competitive team and options.There is no such thing as a ‘one off’ in this business, you want to be able to offer the highest quality services for your company’s expertise at competitive rates.