Sourcing
Sourcing is the aggregate of enterprise efforts that are undertaken in order to identify and list possible sources, internal and/or external, that are potentially capable to provide the specified organizational resources, as well as potential data sources who are able to provide relevant information on specific acquisition and/or procurement.
Definitions
According to the HRBoK Guide,
- Sourcing. Finding qualified people for a job. Identifying candidates who are qualified to do a job by using proactive recruiting techniques.
According to the ITIL Foundation 4e by Axelos,
- Sourcing. The activity of planning and obtaining resources from a particular source type, which could be internal or external, centralized or distributed, and open or proprietary.
