Roundtable session: Skilled Talent scaling challenges and the possible solutions
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What strategic decisions can you take to deal with the growing demands of skilled IT talent within your organization?
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What sourcing approach can you take to deal with the growing IT talent shortage in the market?
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The post-COVID-19 pandemic has spiked the need to digitize faster and accelerate “go to market” with your software products to stay ahead of your competitors, fulfill scaling ambitions and grow in newer markets. In the Dutch and European markets at large, at the moment, there is a huge demand for various niche software skills, and the supply of talent in the region is not enough to meet these demands.
The massive surge for talent and tough competition to attract new talent and retain existing talent has set off a domino effect amongst different industries in and around Europe, causing many IT leaders to go back to the drawing board and deal with these challenges. The round table aims at creating an environment among like-minded leaders to share and learn from each other’s experiences. Furthermore, hear it from specialists sharing valuable tips from their working fields.
Some areas which you can expect to learn from fellow specialists are:
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Talent sourcing strategy
Most organizations want a large share of strategic work and critical roles and skills to be done by their workforce. The idea behind this is to retain core IP (Intellectual Property), and domain knowledge in-house & not only rely on any external supplier/partner.
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Effective upskilling, development & replacement cost
Companies continuously spend tremendous time, energy & money on hiring and developing IT talent to meet their growing demand or replace their departing staff. The usual channels chosen to do so in the Dutch market are freelancers and consultants via their preferred recruitment agencies or a local consultancy. However, the biggest challenge arises when candidates leave organizations within a few months of joining despite spending a significant share of our time hiring suitable personnel. The process leaves a considerable dent in the project flow, creates a vacuum in the final delivery, leading to a disconnect with the knowledge levels of current teams, and mars the learning curve every time.
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Identifying & select a suitable development partner
For any software product development organization, It’s almost impossible to be self-reliant when it comes to creating a state of an art software product without adding specialized boutiques as partners. The partners could be in areas that are key to achieving your business objectives; you may not have the bandwidth to develop that capability in-house. Choosing a suitable partner in such cases becomes a critical factor in the success of your goals. A partner who matches the culture and ability and meets the desired quality & collaboration experience
The IT industry in the Western countries, European countries, and the Indian subcontinent face rising talent attrition and increasing costs that create a dent in the entire IT hiring process, impacting the functioning of business operations considerably.
How do you stay competitive in the war of talent era?
How to balance reducing IT costs while keeping high-quality standards of professionals?
How do you sustainably develop new technology skills and processes among your existing software workforce?
About the session
During this roundtable Rini van Solingen of DevOn discusses the question of how organizations should optimally deal with their outsourcing contracts and partners. The following topics are covered:
Roundtable session:
15:00 Welcome
15:15 Introduction
15:30 Talk by Rini – Talent Retention: global trends, challenges and what you can do to keep up
16:30 Q & A
16:40 Break
16:50 Talk – Sourcing: DevOn’s learnings from the past 18 years
17:10 Q & A
17:20 Breakout sessions
18:00-19:00 Networking (incl. food and drinks)
Target audience:
- CTO/CDO/CIO
- Director of Product Development
- VP – development or engineering
- Head of Software Development
- Senior Development Manager
- Sourcing head / Head of procurement for sourcing
Key takeaways you can expect:
- Identify the ‘How,’ ‘What,’ and ‘Where’; while adopting a sustainable sourcing strategy.
- Formulate a minimal-risk selection and shortlisting criteria of a development partner with a mature BCP (Business Contingency Plan)
- How to develop in-house capabilities on modern technology skills.
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About the Speaker

Rini van Solingen
Rini van Solingen (prof.dr.ir) is a strategic consultant at DevOn, CTO at Prowareness We-On and part-time professor of global software engineering at Delft University of Technology. He is also a speaker and author on speed and agility of people and organisations.