Part 1: Copies for Budget Solicitation

Suppose that:

The Phased view is used. Therefore, there are the following 3 versions: Working, Released by Me, and Released to Me

One level in the hierarchy does not participate in the budget solicitation process. Therefore, there are 4 participating levels

The number of budget solicitation copies is:

(number of versions x number of participating levels) - 1, because the bottom level does not release, so you subtract one Released by Me copy

= ( 3 x 4 ) - 1

= 12 - 1

= 11