PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM

Disclosed is a program development support system so adapted as to integrally manage a variety of information necessary for the development of a program by creating necessary links between information such as source programs to be employed for the development of the program, program parts, tools, specifications, handling persons and so on, by managing such information as resource information and by retaining attribute information of the links. The program development support system has a store means for storing program development information on the development of a program; a create means for creating attribute information on an attribute of the program development information and link information between each of the program development information; a management means for managing the program development information, the attribute information created by the create means and the link information created thereby each as one resource for the development of the program by providing the resource with a unique number; and a system-structuring element creating means for creating a system-structuring element from the resource by using the link information.