15. A program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage device for configuring a field definition document, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer system to perform the following functions: configure a field definition document for one of a plurality of fields used by a computer application to control operational functions of the computer application by defining attributes for a data element of the one of the plurality of fields in the field definition document; map the computer application to the fields and defining different attributes for the data element of the one of the plurality of fields in the field definition document; and access the attributes for the data element of the computer application from the field definition document based on the mapping, at least one first selection criterion, and at least one second selection criterion, wherein each of the first and second selection criterion comprises a project type; and access the different attributes for the data element of the computer application from the field definition document based on the mapping and at least one second selection criterion.
15. A program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage device for configuring a field definition document, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer system to perform the following functions: configure a field definition document for one of a plurality of fields used by a computer application to control operational functions of the computer application by defining attributes for a data element of the one of the plurality of fields in the field definition document; map the computer application to the fields and defining different attributes for the data element of the one of the plurality of fields in the field definition document; and access the attributes for the data element of the computer application from the field definition document based on the mapping, at least one first selection criterion, and at least one second selection criterion, wherein each of the first and second selection criterion comprises a project type; and access the different attributes for the data element of the computer application from the field definition document based on the mapping and at least one second selection criterion. 19. The program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer application is configured independently of the field definition document.