The document discusses Velocity Partners' nearshore development model which enables software teams to increase velocity and quality. It offers nearshore development using South American teams located in areas with a 4 hour time difference to be highly collaborative at a lower cost than farshore options. Velocity's approach is based on agile development processes to maximize ROI while examples show it can switch outsourced work to their nearshore model.

1. Distributed Agile in a Nearshore Model

7. Agile Development Processes Velocity Partners’ nearshore approach is based on high quality Agile development processes that maximize return on investment in software development.

8. Distributed Collaboration

9. Nearshore Center

10. Nearshore Client Successes “ In the end we switched all of our outsourced work to Velocity Partners Nearshore model“

11. Sample Velocity Project Experience SaaS Enterprise Technology Products Daptive Microsoft Zetec Global Scholar Symmetra thePlatform House Values Providence Health Vulcan Getty Blackwell Books Tideworks Amazon Intellectual Ventures Corvel Disney Internet Group Speakeasy(Best Buy) Regence

12. Potential Team Configurations QA DEV Dev Manager Lead Dev Project Oversight Engagement Director Project Manager Technical Liason Product Owner Business Analyst Customer Velocity Nearshore Velocity Local

13. Process Debt Low High Low Cost High How Does Velocity Compare? Local Options Distributed Nearshore Hand off teams No Value Local Consultant Velocity Nearshore FTE Asia / E. Europe