Patent ID: 8739113

Claim:
A method, in a network, of synchronizing a plurality of software development teams, each software development team being assigned a subset of a code development project, the plurality of software development teams being synchronized utilizing an anatomy handling device, the method comprising: the anatomy handling device: receiving relationship data identifying implementation dependencies between at least some of the subsets of the code development project assigned to the software development teams; receiving development status information over time for each of the subsets of the code development project; in response to a request for development status information, generating a visual representation of: one or more subsets of the code development project associated with each other by implementation dependencies; implementation dependencies between the visually represented subsets of the code development project; and color codes indicating a current development status of each of the visually represented subsets of the code development project; and if implementation of at least a portion of a first subset of the code development project depends on at least a portion of a second subset of the code development project, the anatomy handling device tracking an impact of a current development status of the at least a portion of the second subset on a current development status of the at least a portion of the first subset, and dynamically updating in real-time the current development status of the first subset and an associated one of the color codes indicating the current development status of the first subset based on the tracked impact.