1. A method for accessing status information related to a process the method comprising: receiving a request from a client for status information related to the process, the process being initiated by another client; identifying nodes in a network, each of the nodes executing a distributed thread of the process; polling each identified node for status information associated with the thread executing by the node, the status information generated by a script associated with the process; receiving the status information from each of the nodes; storing the status information in a data structure; and enabling the client to access the status information; wherein the step of storing is performed by a process management system executing on a primary node; and the step of storing further includes placing the status information relative to the executable process into a status value data structure that is accessible to any node capable to accessing the process management system executing on the primary node.