Patent ID: 8635100

Claim:
A method performed in a host computer, the method comprising: storing in the host computer information identifying a plurality of facilities in a complex, each facility associated with a construction project, wherein the complex comprises a church and at least one of the facilities comprises an auditorium in the church; and determining, by the host computer, a potential revenue associated with at least one of the facilities; determining, by the host computer, a cost associated with at least one of the facilities; and generating, by the host computer, a schedule of the construction projects using the determined potential revenue and the determined cost, wherein the schedule comprises a plurality of phases and any construction project may be performed in any phase, wherein generating a schedule comprises, for each construction project, receiving in the host computer from a user an identification of a phase during which the construction project is to be performed; wherein determining the potential revenue comprises: estimating future growth in a number of people attending church services at the church, wherein the future growth is determined using at least one growth estimate, wherein the growth estimate uses a past growth rate of the church and a potential growth rate of the church; and estimating an amount of donations given to the church during a future time period, wherein the estimated amount of donations is based at least in part on the estimated future growth in the number of people attending the church services due to each of a plurality of potential seating capacity values of the at least one facility.