Methods and apparatuses for providing provisioned access control for hosted tailored vertical applications

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, executable on a computer system, comprising:

• a first set of instructions configured to decompose a first set of business entities and processes (BEPs) and a second set of BEPs into a universal set of BEPs, by a computer system, wherein
• the first set of BEPs is associated with a first CRM (customer relationship management) application,
• the second set of BEPs is associated with a second CRM application,
• the first CRM application and the second CRM application are incompatible with one another, and
• the first set of instructions comprises
• a first subset of instructions configured to resolve process conflicts between the first set of BEPs and the second set of BEPs, wherein
• the first subset of instructions is further configured to
• identify a plurality of possible resolutions for a corresponding process conflict of the process conflicts, wherein
• the corresponding process conflict involves at least a first process of the first set of BEPs and a second process of the second set of BEPs,
• the plurality of possible resolutions comprises at least one of
• a first resolution, according to which the first process is implemented,
• a second resolution, according to which the second process is implemented, and
• a third resolution, according to which both the first process and the second process are implemented, and
• define option sets, wherein
• each of the option sets is defined for each of the possible resolutions, and
• each option indicates optional implementation of a process that pertains to the corresponding process conflict.

A hosting system, comprising:

• a data store configured to store a universal set of business entities and processes (BEPs);
• and
• a processing system communicatively coupled to the data store, the processing system configured to decompose a first set of BEPs and a second set of BEPs into the universal set of BEPs, by a computer system, wherein
• the first set of BEPs is associated with a first CRM (customer relationship management) application,
• the second set of BEPs is associated with a second CRM application,
• the first CRM application and the second CRM application are incompatible with one another, and
• the processing system is further configured to
• resolve process conflicts between the first set of BEPs and the second set of BEPs, wherein
• the processing system is further configured to
• identify a plurality of possible resolutions for a corresponding process conflict of the process conflicts, wherein
• the corresponding process conflict involves at least a first process of the first set of BEPs and a second process of the second set of BEPs,
• the plurality of possible resolutions comprises at least one of
• a first resolution, according to which the first process is implemented,
• a second resolution, according to which the second process is implemented, and
• a third resolution, according to which both the first process and the second process are implemented, and
• define option sets, wherein
• each of the option sets is defined for each of the possible resolutions, and
• each option indicates optional implementation of a process that pertains to the corresponding process conflict.