Procurement and management of professional services

摘要

A computer implemented method of procuring and managing professional services includes the steps of prompting a service provider to complete an online service order which identifies estimated time to deliver the services, the estimated cost of the services and the predicted results. The client or customer then stores the estimates in a computer memory. When complete, the service provider completes a completion order which is compared to the service order to calculate the variance or otherwise compare the estimated information to the actual results. Database tools may be used to analyze the data collected.