Shop Talk | Episode 22 of 10
Sourcing
The first two minutes play for everyone. The full episode is available on request with a work email.
What this episode covers
One feature, properly explored: Sourcing. Intake to award: the sourcing pipeline. Brian carries the real life texture from years running sourcing, Janice keeps the structure honest.
Live over the product: the pipeline, every project placed, one project, requirements to award, the intake lobby on a monday. Plus the use cases counted out loud, the honest when-not-to-use-it beat, and the ten minute way to start on your own paper tonight.
Chapters
- 0:00Welcome: where new purchases go to hide
- 2:25How intake becomes an award
- 4:37Live: the pipeline, every project placed
- 6:57Live: one project, requirements to award
- 8:56Live: the intake lobby on a Monday
- 10:32Brainstorm: five ways teams run sourcing
- 12:54Real life: the shared inbox that ate an RFP
- 14:36Start tonight: your next request goes in
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