Patent ID: 8407072

Claim:
A computer implemented method for managing a complex merger and acquisition project, the computer implemented method comprising: a memory having a plurality of software instructions stored therein, the plurality of software instructions adapted to cause a processor of a computer to perform the steps of: establishing a plurality of phases of the complex merger and acquisition project, wherein each phase of the plurality of phases has a definite duration and wherein each phase of the plurality of phases has distinct goals; establishing a sending company and a receiving company for the complex merger and acquisition project; dividing the complex merger and acquisition project into a plurality of sub-projects, wherein the plurality of sub-projects is manageable by a central core team and wherein each sub-project is the responsibility of at least one team; and designating each at least one team responsible for each sub-project according to the phase of the plurality of phases during which the sub-project is being performed; and configuring three distinct views for each phase of the plurality of phases of the complex merger and acquisition project, wherein the three distinct views comprise a send and operate view, a carve out view, and a receive and operate view; and determining the sending company's send and operate status by collecting operational data for operating the remaining portions of its business after the end of the complex merger and acquisition project; and configuring the send and operate view with a status summarizing the sending company's send and operate status; and configuring the carve out view by combining carve out status collected from a first project team associated with the sending company and a second project team associated with the receiving company, wherein the carve out status collected includes a list of assets, liabilities and employees to be transferred in the complex merger and acquisition project, and a status of disputes between the sending company and the receiving company participating in the complex merger and acquisition project; and determining the receiving company's receive and operate status by collecting operational data for operating the portions of the business being received from the sending company after the end of the complex merger and acquisition project; and configuring the receive and operate view with a status summarizing the receiving company's receive and operate status.