Patent ID: 7966350

Claim:
A method for managing implementation evidence data, comprising: receiving, from a compliance manager device, a project definition, wherein the project definition includes a project description, a plurality of requirements for the project and one or more types of implementation evidence data desired for the plurality of requirements for the project; receiving, from the compliance manager device, identity of at least one evidence provider device for the one or more types of implementation evidence data desired for the plurality of requirements for the project; receiving, from the at least one of the evidence provider device, implementation evidence data in accordance with the one or more types of implementation evidence data for the plurality of requirements for the project; receiving evaluation data relating to the implementation evidence data; receiving, from the compliance manager device, a request for validation of the implementation evidence data for the project; transmitting a validation request to a compliance officer device; receiving a validation of the implementation evidence data for the project from the compliance officer device; receiving a request for attestation request for the project from the compliance officer device; transmitting an attestation request to a project owner device; receiving an attestation of compliance of the implementation evidence data for the project from the project owner device; receiving an identity of the compliance manager device, the compliance officer device and the project owner device; transmitting a notification of accountability to the compliance manager device, the compliance officer device and the project owner device; receiving an acceptance of accountability from the compliance manager device, the compliance officer device and the project owner device; and displaying an indication of the acceptance of accountability from the compliance manager device, the compliance officer device and the project owner device.