System and method for software development report generation

A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program including code for:

• extracting requirement data from a software development system, the requirement data defining a software development requirement during a predetermined period of time;
• extracting from the software development system an indication of a state of software development at the beginning of the predetermined period of time;
• extracting from the software development system an indication of a state of software development at the end of the predetermined period of time;
• calculating a change in the state of software development during the predetermined period of time;
• and
• generating at least one report that enables comparing the calculated change in the state of software development with the software development requirement, the at least one report further indicating that a first change has been made to developed software that is not associated with the software development requirement, or that a second change to the developed software has been made by a developer who was not assigned to make the second change, and the at least one report further identifying defects in developed software that is the subject of the software development, and identifying priorities assigned to the corresponding defects.

A data processing system comprising:

• a processing unit in communication with a computer usable medium, wherein the computer usable medium contains a set of instructions executable on the processing unit to:
• extract requirement data from a software development system, the requirement data defining a software development requirement during a predetermined period of time;
• extract from the software development system an indication of a state of software development at the beginning of the predetermined period of time;
• extract from the software development system an indication of a state of software development at the end of the predetermined period of time;
• calculate a change in the state of software development during the predetermined period of time;
• and
• generate at least one report that enables comparing the calculated change in the state of software development with the software development requirement and the at least one report further identifying defects in developed software that is the subject of the software development, and identifying priorities assigned to the corresponding defects.