Digital Transformation
Application engineering, integration, quality engineering and cloud delivery capability.
Specialist talent & managed teams
Add on-demand expertise through embedded specialists or outcome-led delivery pods.
OVERVIEW
Add specialist capacity. Keep the right delivery accountability.
Bring specialists across our five portfolios into your existing teams, or engage a managed delivery pod with agreed outcomes and governance. Choose the model according to the capability gap and the delivery responsibility you want to retain.
Choose Staff augmentation or Managed teams. For centre ownership, explore GCC BOT.
Specialist capability across five portfolios
Bring the right expertise to your next initiative. Confirm role mix, location, seniority and availability during scoping; this is not a live skills list.
Intelligent Enterprise Platforms
Capability for ERP and CRM implementation, integration, migration and application management.
Data & AI
Capability for data platforms, analytics, AI implementation and governance.
Cyber Security
Capability for security assessment, cloud and identity controls, application security and operations.
Talent Advisory & GCC
Technology advisory and capability-centre operating-model, setup and governance support.
Staff augmentation
You direct delivery
Specialists embedded in your teams, with delivery direction retained by you.
- Best fit - a specific capability or capacity gap in a client-led team
- Your responsibility - backlog priorities, daily direction and acceptance of work
- Linkfields scope - specialist sourcing and onboarding support as agreed
Agree the working boundaries
Define the role, skills evidence and working arrangements before mobilisation.
- Governance - named contacts, review cadence and escalation route
- Acceptance - your delivery standards and review process
- Change - agree role, capacity or replacement requests through the engagement process
Mobilisation dependencies
A start depends on availability, skills validation, contract scope, access and onboarding. Agree location and time-zone coverage. Staff augmentation does not establish an offshore centre.
Managed teams
Linkfields runs the delivery pod
Outcome-based delivery pods we run end to end, within the scope and responsibilities agreed for the engagement.
- Best fit - a defined delivery need you want a team to own
- Linkfields responsibility - team coordination and delivery of agreed scope
- Your responsibility - business priorities, timely decisions, inputs and acceptance
Make accountability explicit
Agree delivery measures, quality gates and change handling before work enters the pod.
- Governance - progress, risks, dependencies and escalation reviews
- Acceptance - agreed deliverables and evidence at review gates
- Change - assess scope, effort and acceptance impacts before approval
From a capability gap to a productive team
Define the capability brief
Describe the work, constraints and responsibilities the team needs to cover.
- Output - capability and responsibility brief
Agree the model
Choose client-directed specialists or a Linkfields-managed delivery pod.
- Output - accountability, acceptance and commercial agreement
Select and onboard
Agree skills validation, access, induction and ways of working before delivery.
- Output - selection and onboarding plan
Deliver and review
Review progress, quality, capacity and change requests against agreed priorities.
- Output - performance and change record
Example engagement patterns
Illustrative, not client cases: an embedded specialist joins client-led quality engineering; a managed integration pod delivers agreed scope with client acceptance.
Build quality and security into the working model
Agree how delivery IP supports quality and security within your approved environments, who operates it and which products require separate licensing.
testoriumz
Consider low-code testing, AI root-cause analysis and CI/CD integration where the team owns application assurance.
Linkworks
Consider composable applications where a delivery pod is building beyond the fit of ERP or CRM.
Governed, cyber-safe delivery
Agree access boundaries, code and release reviews, quality evidence and escalation responsibilities.
- Applicable IP - Automated Testing & Release Assurance Packs and Cyber-Safe Delivery
- Scope question - who configures, operates and accepts each control?
BEFORE WE BEGIN
Before we build your team
You direct embedded specialists and accept their work through your delivery process. For managed teams, Linkfields runs the agreed delivery scope while you provide business direction, decisions and acceptance. Record the split before work begins.
Agree the capability brief, skills evidence and validation approach; check availability during scoping. Before mobilisation, confirm access, induction, delivery standards and working arrangements. Record approval and escalation responsibilities, including replacement or transition arrangements.
Access follows the agreed data and security boundaries. Linkfields is headquartered in South Africa and has an offshore delivery centre in India; the assignment location, working hours and time-zone coverage are agreed for your engagement.
Outcome-led delivery does not automatically mean outcome-based fees; commercials are agreed separately. A managed team is not automatically an infrastructure managed service. Fixed Price, Time & Materials, Managed Service, Dedicated Team and Outcome-Based are the commercial choices. Outcome-Based requires measurable outcomes and evidence.
Include your model (or Not sure), capability, desired start and delivery context. We can agree an NDA before detailed discovery. For centre ownership, see [GCC strategy](/services/talent-advisory-gcc/gcc-strategy-setup) or [BOT](/services/talent-advisory-gcc/gcc-build-operate-transfer).
Let’s connect
Tell us the capability you need
What happens next
- We route your enquiry to the relevant portfolio specialist.
- Where needed, we agree an NDA before you share confidential information.
- We clarify your priorities and agree the right next step with you.