Patent ID: 11922150
Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
maintaining, by a software project management system, a plurality of component data objects associated with a software development project, wherein individual component data objects represent corresponding components of the software development project;
identifying, by the software project management system, a dependency relationship between a first component of the software development project and a second component of the software development project;
creating, by the software project management system, a dependency data object representing the dependency relationship between the first component and the second component, wherein the dependency data object is distinct from the plurality of component data objects and identifies:
a first component data object, of the plurality of component data objects, corresponding to the first component associated with the dependency relationship, and
a second component data object, of the plurality of component data objects, corresponding to the second component associated with the dependency relationship;

detecting, by the software project management system, a change in the dependency relationship; and
automatically updating, by the software project management system, the dependency data object based on the change in the dependency relationship.