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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2006
Applicant:
Amit Nagar, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventor:
Amit Nagar, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and computer program are disclosed to assist the user in constructing a decision-tree for outsourcing software development business processes. The tree contains a node for the cost of completing the business processes in-house, nodes containing the expected costs of outsourcing the complete business process to different vendors, and nodes containing the expected costs of outsourcing part of the business process to different vendors. The user calculates the expected cost of outsourcing a business process by multiplying the estimated costs for outsourcing the business process by probabilities that risks will occur in the outsourcing process.