Abstract: A system and method is provided for managing checklists in a software development project. The system includes a question editing module, a template editing module, and a checklist editing module. The question editing module is configured to create and edit control questions with a database. The template editing module enables the creation and editing of templates within the database. Editing a template creates a new copy of the template with an updated version number in the database and the existing template is maintained unchanged. The checklist management module creates checklists within the database. Checklists include template references to a template of a particular version number and user answers to the control questions referenced by the template.