A virtual team does not always mean teleworker. Teleworkers are defined as individuals who work from home. GeniTeams created virtual teams work as small groups in the office but in different geographic locations to customer.

A Virtual Team, also known as a Geographically Dispersed Team (GDT), is a group of individuals who work across time, space, and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. They have complementary skills and share a common vision, have interdependent performance goals, and share an approach to work for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. Geographically dispersed teams allow organizations to hire and retain the best people regardless of location. Members of virtual teams communicate electronically, and hence they may never meet face to face.

GeniTeam’s virtual team model allows technology companies to expand their human capital by having access to different labor market. The model allows companies to employee resources in different geographical location, managed by GeniTeam. The model provides control, as available in hiring a resource onsite, and cost benefit, as achieved in traditional outsourcing. The model allows flexibility without any prior long term financial commitments on behalf of customer. It also allows companies to save on taxes, fixed capital investment and save of variable cost.

GeniTeam provides and manages intrinsically motivated skilled resources, who work devotedly for customers. Resources are trained to work in this model and are mentored by GeniTeam.  The model took its inspiration from open source software development and strengthened using advancement in communication technologies.

The model is typically suitable for High tech startups that may be constrained with resources, which allow companies to hire full or even part time resources at fraction of cost. The model has provided substantial return on investment for startups, benefiting from this model.

Process

GeniTeam streamlined processes for providing virtual teams for customers is. 

1. GeniTeam’s sales team interacts with customers to identify needs and processes, to maximize benefits of virtual team. As a byproduct of this step, GeniTeam also evaluates the expertise required by customers.
2. Customer and GeniTeam signs up mututal non-disclosure document) to ensure copy right.
3. GeniTeam identifies resources from its existing free pool of skilled resources and work with customer in defining task for test duration.
4. Resources work with customer for test duration and
1. Proactively works with customer in elaborating requirements
2. Keeps him/her self available for web meetings
3. Keep customer informed on status report
5. Customer submits his feedback on resource quality every week.
6. GeniTeam and customer representative review feedbacks at end of test duration and, depending on experience, signs a contract for resources.
7. Resources continue to work with customer, and GeniTeam helps in expanding resource base by hiring more skilled resources to the virtual team.

GeniTeam™ wishes to create itself as a benchmark for the service industry in Pakistan, moving thereafter to become a leading Technical Consulting firm for the South East Asian region.