Patent ID: 8738775

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for implementing a resource dependent workflow, the method comprising: receiving, from a workflow controller computing device, a workflow comprising a plurality of workflow stages, each of the plurality of workflow stages associated with access to at least one computing resource; and for each of the plurality of workflow stages: determining the at least one computing resource associated with the workflow stage; requesting, from a resource control computing device associated with the at least one computing resource, access to the at least one computing resource, wherein the resource control computing device is associated, at least in part, on organizational criteria; receiving an indication of whether the at least one computing resource should be requested, wherein the transmittal of requests for resources is determined in accordance with an allocation of the implementation of the workflow stage by a plurality of computing devices also associated with the resource computing device in accordance with the organizational criteria; if an indication is received to request the at least one computing resource, processing the workflow stage at least in part by accessing the at least one computing resource; and if an indication is received not to request the at least one computing resource, implementing a mitigation technique for accessing the computing resource.