System and method of commitment management

A server device for communicating with a first host computer used by a requester and a second host computer used by a performer comprising:

• a memory configured for storing an application, the application configured for:
• exchanging one or more proposed commitment relationships between the requester and the performer over one or more negotiation rounds to determine an accepted commitment relationship by transmitting digital negotiation messages including the proposed commitment relationships between a requester device and a performer device, wherein the one or more proposed commitment relationships comprise one or more task completion dates and resources allocated for completing one or more tasks each including a number of sub-tasks;
• storing data corresponding to the one or more proposed commitment relationships;
• and
• automatically initiating renegotiations of an accepted completion date of a task between the requester and the performer in the event a completion date for a component of the task is changed by automatically transmitting digital renegotiation messages identifying the task between the requestor device and the performer device, wherein the task and the sub tasks are associated such that the task and the sub tasks form a hierarchical tree structure, wherein a thread corresponds to the task in a structure that mirrors relationships of tasks;
• and
• a processor configured for processing the application.

A server device for communicating with one or more host computers each associated with performing a task, requesting performance of a task, or both, wherein the task comprises a number of sub-tasks, with corresponding task completion dates used to determine a project completion date, wherein the relationship between the tasks forms a hierarchical tree structure, the server device comprising:

• a memory configured for storing an application, the application configured for:
• exchanging messages between the one or more host computers for negotiating task completion dates by recording and transmitting digital negotiation messages including proposed commitment relationships between the host computers, such that a change in one of the task completion dates automatically updates the project completion date, wherein the task and the sub-tasks are associated such that the task and sub-tasks form a hierarchical tree structure, wherein a thread corresponds to the task in a structure that mirrors relationships of tasks, further wherein at least one of the one or more host computers maintains a copy of the negotiation messages in order to maintain operation at the one or more host computers if there is no connection to the server;
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• a processor configured for processing the application.