Systems and methods for creating software

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more software applications that causes a computer system to execute a method that implements an online software development platform providing an integrated resource for design and development of customer-desired software applications, the method comprising:

• implementing a plurality of electronic operational domains providing user-interactive capabilities or internal functionalities of the online software development platform, the domains comprising:
• a database configured to store the online software development platform-defined graph data structures including edges, nodes, and properties in accordance with one or more data models, wherein the online software development platform-defined graph data structures comprises a plurality of different types of nodes representing entities, the node types comprising template, project, and feature, each node type having a set of defined attributes, and a plurality of different types of edges that represent interrelationship between entities;
• collecting data from activity in a project scope process, pricing process, and project development process in accordance with the online software development platform-defined graph data structures, wherein as part of the project scope process a plurality of features are selected by a current user to be included in the customer-desired software application;
• generating and storing a graph database comprising the nodes and edges created from the collected data in the operation of the online software development platform and reusing existing nodes and edges, add new nodes and edges, and adjust individual attributes of existing nodes and edges, wherein the graph database represents via nodes and edges an aggregation of the software projects conducted on the online software development platform and related information and is updated to include new software projects using collected data;
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• in response to a query of the nodes and edges and graph traversal, controlling an action performed by the project development process.

A computer implemented method for an online software development platform providing an integrated resource for design and development of customer-desired software applications, the method comprising:

• implementing a plurality of electronic operational domains providing user-interactive capabilities or internal functionalities of the online software development platform, the domains comprising:
• a database configured to store the online software development platform-defined graph data structures including edges, nodes, and properties in accordance with one or more data models, wherein the online software development platform-defined graph data structures comprises a plurality of different types of nodes representing entities, the node types comprising template, project, and feature, each node type having a set of defined attributes, and a plurality of different types of edges that represent interrelationship between entities;
• collecting data from activity in a project scope process, pricing process, and project development process in accordance with the online software development platform-defined graph data structures, wherein as part of the project scope process a plurality of features are selected by a current user to be included in the customer-desired software application;
• generating and storing a graph database comprising the nodes and edges created from the collected data in the operation of the online software development platform and reusing existing nodes and edges, add new nodes and edges, and adjust individual attributes of existing nodes and edges, wherein the graph database represents via nodes and edges an aggregation of the software projects conducted on the online software development platform and related information and is updated to include new software projects using collected data;
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• in response to a query of the nodes and edges and graph traversal, controlling an action performed by the project development process.