Patent ID: 8359580

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of tracking testing of a set of software modification projects, wherein each project affects one or more software applications, the method comprising: providing a project database adapted to store a plurality of project data with each project data corresponding to an associated software modification, each project data containing one or more application data corresponding to an associated application being affected by each project and containing an application test progress indicator updatable by a tester, the application test progress indicator being indicative of a test completion percentage for the associated application; and responsive to a status report request, performing the following: retrieving selected ones of the plurality of project data from the project database; and preparing a status report based on the retrieved project data, the status report containing for each selected project a project progress value representing a test completion percentage for the each project, the project progress value being based on the application test progress indicators of the one or more applications being affected by each selected project.