Business Central staff augmentation when your team is stretched
Business Central staff augmentation places our consultants or developers inside your own team. They stay as long as you need extra hands. They take direction from your project lead, use your tools and follow your standards, while we handle the employment side. It suits internal IT groups and Microsoft partners who have the plan but lack the capacity.
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When Business Central staff augmentation makes sense
Augmentation fits when you already know what needs doing and who will direct it. Picture an internal ERP team facing a rollout to a new entity. Or picture a partner with more signed projects than developers. Take a finance department whose only Business Central specialist is going on leave. Each has leadership in place and too little skilled time.
It is a poor fit when nobody on your side can set priorities or judge the work. In that case a managed project, where we own the plan and the outcome, serves you better. We will say so plainly during the first conversation and not place someone into a vacuum.
Describe your capacity gap →
- ✓Rollout to a new entity
- ✓Upgrade alongside daily support
- ✓Specialist on extended leave
- ✓Partner project overflow
- ✓Backlog of change requests
Business Central staff augmentation roles for your team
Functional consultants configure finance, supply chain, warehousing, manufacturing and projects, run workshops and write test scripts. Technical consultants build AL extensions, APIs, reports and integrations. A solution architect can join part-time to steer design decisions across both. A support analyst can take the ticket queue.
We match on more than product knowledge. Someone joining a manufacturer should know routings and planning settings. Someone joining a distributor should have lived through warehouse go-lives. Before anyone starts, you speak with them directly and decide whether they suit the team. A short trial task can settle any doubt.
Meet a consultant first →- ✓Functional consultant
- ✓AL developer
- ✓Solution architect
- ✓Data migration specialist
- ✓Support analyst
How an augmented consultant works with you
Our people join your stand-ups, your ticket board and your source control, and they report to your lead. We work remotely over screen share during US business hours. Meetings do not need rearranging around a distant time zone.
Access follows your own security rules. We ask for the least privilege the role needs, use named accounts and keep work inside your repositories and environments. We record time against your tasks, so you can see where effort went. A short weekly note flags risks the consultant has noticed.
Ask how onboarding works →- ✓Your meetings and tools
- ✓Named user accounts
- ✓Work stays in your repos
- ✓Time logged per task
- ✓Weekly risk note
Scaling Business Central staff augmentation up and down
Needs change through a project. Design is heavy on functional skill, build leans on developers, and the period around go-live calls for trainers and support. An augmentation arrangement can shift with those phases. You can add a developer for the build. Afterward, you can swap to a support analyst.
Commitment levels are agreed up front, from a share of someone's week to a full-time placement. If priorities move, tell us and we adjust at the next agreed checkpoint. Our wider team backs the consultant. So a specialist question on, say, EDI or intercompany gets an answer without a new contract.
Plan capacity by phase →- ✓Part-time or full-time
- ✓Swap roles between phases
- ✓Add a second specialist
- ✓Pause between projects
- ✓Backed by our wider team
A clean handover when the engagement ends
Temporary staff can leave knowledge gaps behind. We prevent that from the first week. Configuration decisions go into your documentation. Code gets clear commit messages and pull request notes. We also explain anything unusual in a place your team will find later. Nothing important should live only in one head.
Before the placement ends, the consultant walks your permanent staff through open items, recent changes and known quirks. We can record the session if you wish. You own extensions built during the engagement. The source code sits in your repository. So another developer can carry on without guesswork.
Discuss handover expectations →- ✓Source code in your repo
- ✓Written configuration notes
- ✓Recorded handover session
- ✓Open items list
- ✓Test scripts created
Business Central staff augmentation: what buyers ask
How is Business Central staff augmentation different from hiring a consulting firm for a project?
In a project, the firm owns the plan, the method and the outcome. With augmentation, you own all three and we supply skilled people who work under your direction. It gives you more control. It also asks for more leadership from your side. So it suits teams that already know what they want built. If you want a firm to own the plan and the result, a project fits better. We can talk through both and tell you which one suits your gap.
Do augmented consultants work on site?
No. Our consultants work remotely from our Phoenix, Arizona office. They use screen share, chat and your usual meeting tools during US business hours. For Business Central online and most on-premises setups, remote access covers configuration, development, testing and user support without difficulty.
Can Microsoft partners use this service?
Yes. Partners bring us in when a project needs an extra AL developer or a functional consultant with a particular background. Our people can work under your brand in front of your client. That is fine if you prefer it. We follow your delivery method.
Who manages the consultant's work?
Your project lead sets priorities and accepts deliverables. Both of you stay in touch with us. So we confirm the fit works. We also step in if skills need to change. If a placement is not right, tell us early and we will address it.
What does pricing depend on?
The role, the level of commitment and how long you expect to need the person. We do not publish figures because every arrangement differs. After a short conversation about your situation, you receive a written proposal for Business Central staff augmentation. You can consider it before anything starts.
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