Patent ID: 8250561

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor, the processor to execute program instructions to cause a software maintenance tool of a business process platform to manage software changes related to a main software product including a software enhancement supplement of the main software product; a control unit interfaced with the software maintenance tool and provided by a software product provider to create, assemble, and provision the software enhancement supplement to the software maintenance tool based on a type of content comprising the software enhancement supplement, wherein the type of content comprising the software enhancement supplement is one of a Business Configuration object, a Runtime object, and a combination of Business Configuration object and a Runtime object; a Runtime (RT) system to handle an installation process of a Runtime object type of content comprising the software enhancement supplement; and a Business Configuration Design Time (BCDT) system to handle an installation process of a Business Configuration object type of content comprising the software enhancement supplement, wherein the software enhancement supplement is received by the RT system and the BCDT system based on the content type of the software enhancement supplement.