Patent ID: 8397273

Claim:
A method for selectively provisioning resources of a computing environment to a user of the computing environment, the method comprising the following acts performed by one or more digital processors: receiving a provisioning request pertaining to a particular user of the computing environment from a human capital management (HCM) application, with the provisioning request including a role assigned to the particular user by the HCM application; referencing, using the digital processor, a provisioning policy to determine a first resource of the computing environment to automatically make accessible to the particular user based on the role assigned to the particular user and a second resource available to the particular user based on the role assigned to the particular user and only if necessary approvals are obtained; attempting, using the digital processor, to obtain necessary approvals required to make the second resource available to the particular user; configuring, using the digital processor, the first resource to be available to the particular user; and configuring, using the digital processor, the second resource to be available to the particular user only if necessary approvals are obtained.