Patent ID: 8682706
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method implemented and residing in a non-transitory machine-readable medium and for execution on a machine, comprising: packaging, by the machine, a first set of configuration information and resources for a project during a source stage of a project lifecycle of the project; wherein the project lifecycle comprises a plurality of project stages, and wherein the source stage of the project lifecycle is associated with a source processing environment; creating a self-contained project package comprising the first set of configuration information and resources and a second set of configuration information and resources corresponding to a target processing environment, wherein the target processing environment is associated with a target stage of the project lifecycle; including, by the machine, and within the self-contained project package, release criteria and access criteria, wherein the release criteria comprises one or more conditions to restrict release of the self-contained project package to the target processing environment, and wherein the access criteria comprises authentication information to identify a recipient principle resource of the target processing environment; and transmitting, by the machine, the self-contained project package to an intermediate holding area, wherein the recipient principal resource may retrieve the self-contained project package from the intermediate holding area into the the target processing environment when the release criteria and the access criteria are each satisfied.