Abstract: A method for tracking of issues in a software development process. The method comprises: receiving a request for submitting a new development issue; creating a temporary issue entry; receiving a first set of user-provided information pertaining to the new development issue; storing the first set of user-provided information within the temporary issue entry; determining, from an originating issue database, a first set of potentially duplicate originating issue entries; and if a selection of a given one of the first set of potentially duplicate originating entries is received, storing, in the originating issue database, the temporary issue entry as a new contribution sub-entry of the given selected originating issue entry.