A system for managing service provider agreements, the system comprising a
server, an agreements database accessible by the server, the agreements
database having stored thereon contracted performance data indicative of
minimum service performance required by at least one service provider
agreement, a user preferences database accessible by the server, the
preferences database having stored thereon user preference data
indicative of a user specified maximum allowable deviance from the
minimum service performance, a performance measurement module in
communication with the server; the performance measurement module
gathering actual performance data indicative of actual service
performance and a variance calculator in communication with the server,
the variance calculator determining agreement conformity status by
determining whether the actual system performance indicated by the actual
service performance data corresponds with the minimum service performance
indicated by the contracted performance data within the maximum allowable
deviance indicated by the user preference data.