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What to expect in the early days: Onboarding your offshore team

You’re setting up an offshore team to help your practice scale. It’s a big step – one that reshapes how your projects are delivered.

The first 30–90 days after your team is in place are critical for aligning workflows, connecting tools, and defining roles that set up long-term success.

That’s why Away Digital guides your team through structured onboarding, so integration is fast, consistent, and seamless.

Smooth onboarding doesn’t happen by chance. It’s built.

Onboarding is a process, not a handover

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Bringing on a dedicated offshore team isn’t a one-off transaction – it’s the foundation for long-term alignment.

We work alongside you so your documentation or BIM team uses your tools, follows your processes, and mirrors your standards, embedding consistency as they scale.

This turns onboarding into a confident, structured start – one that grows quality alongside capacity.

Setting the foundation: The first 30 days

Your first month sets the rhythm – aligning relationships, workflows, and systems so delivery begins smoothly.

Relationships and workflows

Your dedicated offshore team learns your QA process, documentation standards, and project setup, while contributing to live work from day one.

Regular touchpoints and shared platforms build early momentum and a reliable rhythm of communication.

Tools and standards

Your team gains full access to your tools (Revit, BIM 360, and more), adopting your naming conventions, file structures, and communication channels.

We ensure offshore teams work fluently in your environment – nothing feels separate.

By the end of month one, delivery benchmarks are in place, and your team is already operating as a dependable extension of your own.

Building confidence: Days 30–90

As momentum builds, consistency and communication drive performance.

Structured communication

Regular stand-ups, weekly reviews, and feedback loops keep teams aligned, surface issues early, and prevent small challenges from turning into delays.

Early benchmarks

You’ll agree on key deliverables together – the first drawing package, QA review, or documentation set – defining quality, turnaround, and handoff expectations.

Typical early metrics include:

  • Turnaround time on initial deliverables
  • Revision rate per submission
  • QA defect rate
  • First-pass completion percentage
  • Response time for communication and feedback

Two-way feedback builds momentum

You share what’s working; your team highlights what’s unclear. Spot issues early, resolve them quickly.

That back-and-forth builds mutual understanding and accelerates trust – helping your team become dependable faster.

What progress looks like

You won’t reach full speed immediately, however progress will be steady and visible.

By around day 60, your team should be taking ownership of initial drawing sets or BIM models, meeting quality expectations with less supervision.

By day 90, the aim is that delivery should be smoother, revisions fewer, and consistency stronger.

That’s the outcome of structured onboarding: consistent quality, efficiency, and trust.

Conclusion

Investing early in clarity, tools, and feedback prevents rework later, turning new hires into talent who deliver as if they’ve always been part of your practice. With 11+ years of experience and a 500-strong team, Away Digital helps clients onboard offshore teams that ramp quickly, integrate deeply, and deliver with consistency. Learn more about our process.

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