A company decides to give a large section of its development project to another firm to manage and complete because that firm has the appropriately skilled resources to execute the work. This…

Resource leveling is a scheduling technique used to resolve resource over-allocations and conflicts within a project schedule, not a method of transferring work to an external party.

Staff augmentation adds external contractors to work under your own management and direction, whereas outsourcing transfers management responsibility to the external firm entirely.

Work relocation is not a recognized project management procurement term and does not describe transferring project delivery responsibility to an external organization.

Outsourcing involves transferring both the work and the management responsibility for a defined scope to an external organization, which uses its own resources to deliver the outcome. This is distinct from keeping the work in-house because the external firm assumes accountability for execution, not just providing labor under the buyer's direction.