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Extended Team Services
Dedicated project managers, researchers and data specialists who work inside your team, adding capacity without adding headcount.
- Feasibility and costs in 24 hours
- One project manager from brief to data
- ICC/ESOMAR and GDPR compliant
- Best for
- Agencies with peaks, backlogs or skills gaps
- Roles
- Project managers, researchers, data processors and coders
- Models
- Dedicated, part-time or project-based support
- You receive
- People who follow your processes and tools
Overview
Busy periods and new projects do not always match your headcount. For that reason, Research and Metric provides extended team services: experienced market research project managers, researchers and data specialists who work as part of your team, on your processes and tools.
For example, you can use them for a single project, a busy season or ongoing support. As a result, you can scale up or down as work changes.
Roles in our extended team services
For example, our flexible research personnel can fill any of the roles below.
- Field research supervisors and market research project managers
- Research executivesFor questionnaires, desk research and reporting
- Data processing specialists and tabulation experts
- Open-end codersIn several languages
- Desk researchersFor market sizing and secondary research
How extended teams work
This form of research team augmentation adds capacity without adding permanent headcount. In practice, outsourced research staff work like colleagues.
- First, a short onboarding to your processes and tools
- A named lead who manages quality and capacity
- Clear hours, overlap and communication routines
- Confidentiality and data protection agreements
- Finally, regular reviews to adjust capacity
Step by step
How to set up an extended team
- Scoping callFirst, we agree roles, skills, hours and tools.
- Team matchNext, we propose people with the right experience.
- OnboardingThen your team briefs ours on processes and standards.
- DeliveryAfter that, work runs inside your workflow, with a named lead.
- ReviewFinally, we review output and capacity regularly.
Why agencies choose Research and Metric
- Experienced people, quickly
- Works inside your tools and processes
- Flexible capacity without new headcount
- Confidential ways of working that follow GDPR
Get a quote
Send us your brief
Tell us who you need to reach, where and how many. We reply with a plan.
- Feasibility and costs in 24 hours
- One project manager from brief to data
- ICC/ESOMAR and GDPR compliant
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Cannot find your answer? Ask our team or email contact@researchandmetric.com.
What are extended team services?
They are experienced research and data staff who work as part of your team for a project, a season or longer, following your processes.
How quickly can extended team members start?
We agree a start date when we scope the roles. As a result, onboarding stays short and work begins quickly.
Can extended team members use our systems?
Yes. For example, they work in your tools and templates, under your confidentiality and data protection rules.
Can we scale the team up or down?
Yes. We review capacity regularly and adjust it as your workload changes.
Related services
Other data services
Book one data service or combine them with your fieldwork.
Not sure which you need? Tell us about your study and we will suggest the right mix.
Case studies
Projects we have delivered
Anonymised client projects and examples where this service was part of the work.
Client project, Healthcare & PharmaExpert interviews with syringe manufacturing leaders
Client project, AutomotiveFace-to-face interviews with three-wheeler owners in three emerging markets
Client project, AutomotivePaid-parking market sizing for a mobility app
Finance & BankingData processing and coding for a fintech app survey
Tourism & HospitalityTables and charts for a hotel guest satisfaction tracker
EducationCoding 12,000 verbatim comments in four languagesNext step
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