ORLANDO, FL., 9 March, 2004 – Today at the SEI–SEPG Annual Conference, Osellus, a leading software process automation system provider announced IRISCMMI, a new version of company's flagship standards-based process management system geared specifically to managing processes used by SW–CMM (Software Capability Maturity Model) and CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) organizations. Software development organizations use IRISCMMI to define, tailor, execute and manage software development processes across the ir organization in a cohesive and cost effective manner.

"Both enterprise and service provider organizations that follow the CMMI framework, can benefit greatly from any automated measure that helps them define, evolve and monitor their software developme nt processes." says Omid Hodaie, CEO of Osellus. "Responding to a simple enquiry such as 'To what degree are we deviating from our organization's standard processes?' could be a costly and monumental undertaking without the use of software automation system such as IRISCMMI."

For lower levels of process maturity (maturity level 2), IRISCMMI is used to define project specific processes and manage the execution of each process in real time. Organizations at an intermediate maturity level (maturity level 3) use IRISCMMI to model their standard processes, tailor these processes according to tailoring guidelines, and execute them across multiple software development projects in a consistent, repeatable, and controlled manner. IRISCMMI streamlines the manageme nt of process roles, activities, and work products for each project instance of every process. Software practitioners are provided with "just-in-time" guidance on prescribed processes and management has a real-time status of process conformance or deviation.

Organizations that have reached an advanced level of process maturity (maturity levels 4 and 5) use the IRISCMMI metrics framework to configure and use a measurement repository for supporting their continuous process improvement efforts.

CMMI organizations at all maturity levels use IRISCMMI to model Process Management, Project Management, Engineering and Support CMMI process areas as separate process layers. IRISCMMI includes pre-packaged definitions of all the process areas in CMMI's Software Engineering Discipline (CMMI-SW).

As with company's IRIS product, IRISCMMI is fully compliant with the Object Management Group's (OMG) new Software Process Engineering Metamodel (SPEM) industry standard. Furthermore, IRISCMMI has been demonstrated to model and enact most major software development methodologies in the industry, including IBM's Rational Unified Process, Fujitsu's Macroscope, and Microsoft's Microsoft Solutions Framework.

IRISCMMI Availability

IRISCMMI is available immediately. For pricing information, please contact Osellus at 1-866-Osellus (416-603-6667) or visit http://www.osellus.com/

About Osellus

Osellus is a leading provider of process improvement and automation solutions for the software development industry. Osellus helps software development organizations select, enhance, model and automate the underlying processes that support their application development efforts. By adopting a process-centric development model, Osellus customers are better positioned to meet their time-to-market, quality and cost objectives.

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