Micro GCC Pilots
The strongest argument for an India center is a working one. A Micro GCC — ten to fifty people scoped around one coherent function — converts the India question from a board debate into an operating experiment: real hires, real delivery, real data on talent quality and governance, at a commitment small enough to unwind and structured to scale if the evidence says scale. For organisations divided on the India decision, the pilot is often cheaper than the meetings.
We build pilots under the BOT umbrella with full-scale discipline at pilot-scale cost. The function is chosen for coherence — a product engineering pod, a finance operations team, an analytics group — where output is measurable and dependencies are manageable; the entity, compliance, and HR infrastructure are built properly, because a pilot that cuts corners generates evidence about corner-cutting rather than about India; and the scale-up path is designed in advance, so success converts into growth without reconstruction. Eighteen months later you have what no feasibility study provides: your own numbers.
What this covers
- Function selection: scoping the pilot around coherent, measurable work with manageable dependencies.
- Full BOT infrastructure at pilot scale: compliant entity, employment, payroll, and governance from day one.
- Success metrics defined upfront: delivery quality, cost, attrition, and management overhead against thresholds.
- Scale-up architecture: the pilot's structure, leadership, and processes designed to grow, not to be rebuilt.
- Unwind provisions: honest, pre-agreed mechanics if the evidence says stop.
Who needs this
Organisations divided on the India decision; leaders who prefer operating evidence to consulting projections; and companies whose scale does not yet justify a full center but whose ambitions might.
How we deliver
- Function scoped for coherence and measurability before anything is built.
- Full-discipline infrastructure at pilot scale: entity, compliance, and governance from day one.
- Success metrics and scale-up architecture agreed in advance.
Why A2 Consultants
Pilots generate real evidence only when built properly — ours run on full-scale discipline at small-scale cost, so eighteen months later the data is about India, not about the corners that were cut.
Engagement & what to expect
Pilot engagements move fast by design: function scoping and success metrics agreed in the opening weeks, infrastructure built over the following two to three months, and the first team hired and producing inside a quarter of engagement start where talent supply allows. The pilot then runs on operate-phase discipline for its evaluation period — typically twelve to eighteen months — with metrics reported against the thresholds set at the start. At decision point, the evidence supports one of three paths, each pre-designed: scale on the architecture already built, hold at current size, or unwind on the agreed mechanics.
Eighteen months of your own data beats any feasibility deck — run the experiment at a scale you can afford to be wrong about.