Patent ID: 8745572

Claim:
One or more computer-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform acts, comprising: accessing a database related to a software development project, wherein the database includes both software code and non-code metadata; analyzing the non-code metadata and the software code to identify parameters and value changes to individual parameters, wherein the individual parameters represent a quantitative metric, a categorization, or a nominal value of a measurement or analysis of raw data from the database; relating the parameters to aspects of the software development project; causing a graphical user interface to be presented that simultaneously conveys at least two of the aspects of the software development project; and, responsive to receiving a user selection of an individual aspect from the graphical user interface, presenting another graphical user interface that includes a chart that shows details relating to the individual aspect and text that relates to the chart, and wherein the another graphical user interface allows the user to request a visualization of another different chart that includes specific individual parameters that contribute to the individual aspect, and wherein the visualization of the specific individual parameters comprises a description relating to individual value changes on the another different chart.