Patent ID: 8843387
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a payroll process, comprising: defining a plurality of tasks of a payroll process to be performed by a client and a provider; associating a first subset of the plurality of tasks with the provider; associating a second subset of the plurality of tasks with the client, wherein the first subset of tasks and the second subset of tasks include a corresponding task that is performed by both the client and the provider; creating a process calendar based upon the payroll process and the plurality of tasks, wherein the process calendar comprises a comparison between the first subset of tasks and the second subset of tasks, wherein the creating the process calendar comprises creating a client process calendar, a provider process calendar, and a deviation display area side by side in three separate areas of the process calendar; displaying the process calendar comprising displaying the client process calendar, the provider process calendar, and the deviation display area side by side in the process calendar; and fulfilling a due diligence requirement by comparing the client process calendar to the provider process calendar before engaging a service provider for outsourcing of a process, wherein the displaying the client process calendar comprises showing a client start period associated with the corresponding task and a client duration associated with the corresponding task; the displaying the provider process calendar comprises showing a provider start period associated with the corresponding task and a provider duration associated with the corresponding task; the displaying the deviation display area comprises displaying both: the creating and the displaying are performed using a computing device; the displaying the client process calendar comprises showing the client start period and the client duration as first and second data in a first one of the three separate areas that is associated with the client process calendar; the displaying the provider process calendar comprises showing the provider start period and the provider duration as third and fourth data in a second one of the three separate areas that is associated with the provider process calendar; the displaying the deviation display area comprises displaying the timing deviation as fifth data in a third one of the three separate areas that is associated with the deviation display area; the displaying the deviation display area comprises displaying the duration deviation as sixth data in the third one of the three separate areas that is associated with the deviation display area; and the client start period, the client duration, the provider start period, the provider duration, the timing deviation, and the duration deviation are all shown simultaneously.