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COMPEL Glossary / build-buy-partner-borrow-framework
Build-buy-partner-borrow framework
Four sourcing modes for AI capability: build internally, buy from the market, partner with an ecosystem provider, borrow via contingent labor.
What this means in practice
The framework makes explicit the trade-offs in speed, cost, control, and risk; no single mode dominates at portfolio scale.
Synonyms
talent sourcing framework , four-mode sourcing
See also
- AI talent pipeline — A six-stage system — source, hire, onboard, develop, retain, transition — for AI-fluent talent across the enterprise.
- Automation vs. augmentation — A strategic choice for each workflow between removing the human ("automation") and changing what the human does ("augmentation").
- Partner ecosystem — The named set of external partners — management consultancies, systems integrators, managed-AI-service providers, academic collaborators, citizen-AI communities — that closes capability gaps the internal AI operating model cannot fill.