Patent ID: 8606613

Claim:
A computer implemented method for funding an outsourcing project corresponding to one or more business processes to be outsourced from a client to a chosen outsourcer, comprising: planning, with a computer device, the outsourcing project, wherein the outsourcing project is planned to have a plurality of overlapping phases extending over a plurality of time periods; estimating, with the computer device, a cost to the client for implementing the outsourcing project, wherein the cost has a plurality of levels depending on a stage in the plurality of overlapping phases; in response to a determination, by the computer device, that the cost estimated for overlapping phases during a particular time period will exceed a planned budget for the particular time period in the plurality of time periods, restructuring at least one of the plurality of overlapping phases prior to a start of the outsourcing project to prevent the cost from exceeding the planned budget of the client during the particular time period; and presenting the outsourcing project after the restructuring.