A system and method for managing a software development project is provided. The system integrates software development workbench and associated toolchain to link a plurality of software development tools according to a dependency that illustrates a relationship between the plurality of software development tools to indicate to a developer that the one or more software development tools necessary to build, test, deploy, and/or run the software development project, and to indicate the operational status of the a plurality of software development tools to streamline the process of utilizing those tools by a developer or other personnel.