A system, method implemented on a computer system, and computer program product for managing properties of software to be deployed for running on an operations system. A user interface prompts an operator to input, property information to define Properties of the software. The property information for the properties of the software input by the operator is stored in a properties database. Property information for properties of the software that is stored in the properties database may be displayed on the user interface and changed by the operator. The property information for the properties of the software that is stored in the properties database may be used to deploy the software to the operations system.