Eastern Europe has a history of technical training and expertise. The education system is heavily focused on math and sciences, which has created a large pool of talented software engineers.

Turnover is a costly result of mismanaged offshore projects. This is especially true for companies that rely on extensive training for their software engineers

A critical factor of any distributed development model is the ability of project team members anywhere in the world to effectively communicate.

Augmentive's experience shows that the majority of communication among a distributed development team will happen through conference calls or via the Internet.