Patent ID: 7937685

Claim:
A global framework computer based architecture, comprising: a source code management system that provides executable development and testing environments to support component applications in production; at least one set of associated tools and processes, in operative interaction with said source code management system, providing a single base of program code for said component applications to be managed and modified by said source code management system using said executable production environments for multiple business processing systems using the global framework computer based architecture; a single set of libraries that contain all common source code management system elements applicable to said multiple business processing systems; individual code libraries for said multiple business processing systems that contain modifications specific to a business processing system to meet local needs of said business processing system and providing said multiple business processing systems the functionality of concatenation; and wherein the global framework computer based architecture provides functionality and is adapted to manage modifications of said multiple business processing systems, while simultaneously maintaining software source code release versions consistent and current across said multiple business processing systems.