The team had a large set of initiatives as part of a university wide reorg that were falling behind due to bandwidth and skill gaps

In partnership with the Upwork team they were able to identify a development agency that had a large pool of resources that they could tap into.

After initially testing out 4 developers and seeing success; they brought on 15 of their devs full time.

Projects sidelined reinstated: Adding the additional resources has helped bring a larger number of projects back on target

3 days vs 6 weeks: Talent identified and onboarded is able to start on new projects significantly faster

50% cost savings: The savings realized from Upwork resources has allowed them reduce workloads significantly

UTO team needed student portal features updated but internal resources were stretched.

Partnering with Upwork the team was able to shortlist, identify and engage the talent in 3 days.

Completed ahead of Q1: Speed of completion allowed early start to the next Phase of project

3 days vs 6 wks: Talent identified and onboarded

50% cost savings: Savings allowed team to start additional phase early

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Building a collaboration platform where engineers, scientists, and community groups across the US to address environmental, climate, and energy justice challenges.

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Leverage the Upwork PM team to help scope the project, identify the resources and plan a development schedule.

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Rapid start: With a core team of devs identified the project is running ahead of schedule

3 days: Talent identified and onboarded 

On Budget: Savings allowed team to keep their project on schedule and within their budget estimates.