The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has reported that the first six months of its Digital Sourcing Network has attracted 500 buyers and sellers to events, opportunities and feedback sessions — and it expects the numbers to keep growing.
Community Manager of DTA’s Digital Sourcing Centre for Excellence, Kim Gaal (pictured) said the network provided opportunities for sourcing practitioners to get information, make connections and discover new tools and resources.
“Practitioners don’t need to join the network to take part,” Ms Gaal said.
“If you are involved in sourcing digital products and services in the Australian Public Service, you’re already part of the digital sourcing community,” she said.
“Our goal is to make it easier for sourcing practitioners to do their jobs.”
She said the Digital Sourcing Network currently had three streams of activity.
The first involved learning and networking events which gave sourcing practitioners access to new information and knowledge as well as the opportunity to network with peers from other Federal, State and Territory Government Departments.
Secondly, common interest groups which brought together networks of sourcing practitioners with shared interests and experiences, allowing them to exchange knowledge and resources around specific sourcing topics.
And finally, working groups which brought sourcing practitioners together to address sourcing challenges or opportunities identified through user research completed by the Digital Sourcing Centre of Excellence.