A cloud-based software development management system comprising: a software object database ; an application programming runtime comprising: a database container delivery infrastructure executable by one or more processors and configured to enable defining a first logical name for a container, said container being a first schema, activate the first schema by creating a database schema with a first physical name; store a mapping of the logical name to the first physical name; and deliver software objects of a first database type to the first schema having the first physical name and stored in the software object database; and a transport tool configured to create a definition for the first schema including the logical name for the first schema ; wherein all development artifacts use the logical schema name, and the physical schema with a unique name is created and assigned to the logical schema name during deployment, wherein the first schema is activated by replacing, at a time subsequent to the first schema being delivered to the software object database, the logical name for the first schema stored in the definition with the physical name for the first schema ; and wherein the first schema is an in-memory database schema. a software object database ; an application programming runtime comprising: a database container delivery infrastructure executable by one or more processors and configured to enable defining a first logical name for a container, said container being a first schema, activate the first schema by creating a database schema with a first physical name; store a mapping of the logical name to the first physical name; and deliver software objects of a first database type to the first schema having the first physical name and stored in the software object database; and a transport tool configured to create a definition for the first schema including the logical name for the first schema ; a database container delivery infrastructure executable by one or more processors and configured to enable defining a first logical name for a container, said container being a first schema, activate the first schema by creating a database schema with a first physical name; store a mapping of the logical name to the first physical name; and deliver software objects of a first database type to the first schema having the first physical name and stored in the software object database; and enable defining a first logical name for a container, said container being a first schema, activate the first schema by creating a database schema with a first physical name; store a mapping of the logical name to the first physical name; and deliver software objects of a first database type to the first schema having the first physical name and stored in the software object database; and a transport tool configured to create a definition for the first schema including the logical name for the first schema ; wherein all development artifacts use the logical schema name, and the physical schema with a unique name is created and assigned to the logical schema name during deployment, wherein the first schema is activated by replacing, at a time subsequent to the first schema being delivered to the software object database, the logical name for the first schema stored in the definition with the physical name for the first schema ; and wherein the first schema is an in-memory database schema. <EOS>