IRVINE and Calif. and MALMO, Sweden, May 17, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Telelogic (Stockholm:TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced software and systems development, today announced that Great American Insurance Company, one of the oldest and most respected insurance companies in the nation, has completed an enterprise-wide deployment of DOORS(R), which has become the company's standard for requirements management (RM).
Great American will utilize DOORS to support all software development and maintenance across the enterprise. In addition, DOORS will be used to support additional large-scale projects such as telecommunications and infrastructure expansion as the company builds new networks to serve its customers. The original contract, which was previously announced in February, is valued at US$132,000 and includes training and consulting services.
Great American Insurance identified process improvement in requirements engineering as a top priority last year. An evaluation was conducted by the Technology Operating Committee in order to implement a standard RM tool for Great American and its parent company American Financial Group (AFG) to meet current and future needs of its IT Services Division.
``What we were looking for in a solution was a software tool that would provide a solid infrastructure for a formal requirements management practice," said Pete Carrion, Divisional Vice President of Requirements Management for AFG ITServices. ``Among the business needs identified for an RM program by the committee were elimination of ambiguous and out-of-date requirements definitions, reduction in the cost of rework from errors introduced when entering requirements, improvement in the return on investment, and attainment of effective testing and requirements traceability."
"DOORS provides the most robust and automatic traceability of requirements throughout a project lifecycle," said Carrion. "Its multiple traceability views display the full details or context of what's impacted. We were impressed with the software's ability to drag and drop the creation of links, the fact that hyperlinks from traceability grids allow data to be modified from a traceability view, and that traceability is evident down to the source code level."
"Telelogic DOORS is widely regarded as the leading solution by many industry analyst firms and by leading organizations that conduct head-to-head comparisons with other requirements management tools," said Scott Raskin, president of Telelogic Americas and Asia/Pacific. "With today's release of DOORS 7.1, Telelogic further extends the market leading capabilities of DOORS with new enhancements that deliver significant value to large and small development organizations alike."
About Great American Insurance Company
Great American Insurance Company, founded in 1872 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a member of the Great American Insurance Group. American Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: AFG), Great American's parent company, is engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialized commercial products for business, and in the sale of retirement annuities, supplemental insurance and life products. For more information, visit www.greatamericainsurance.com.
About Telelogic DOORS
Used by more than 100,000 users at over 1,300 companies around the world, Telelogic DOORS is a multi-platform, enterprise-wide system for capturing, linking, tracing, analyzing and managing changes to information to ensure a project's compliance to specified requirements and standards. In April 2003, META Group (1) stated, "Telelogic DOORS is the market share leader for requirements management products and has the most complete lifecycle integration." The Standish Group (2) in its report "What Are Your Requirements? 2003" also hailed DOORS as a market share leader.
1. META Group -- Mastering the Requirements of Requirements Management: Application Delivery Strategies, Integration & Development Strategies, Thomas Murphy, META Group, April 2003. 2. The Standish Group -- What are your requirements? 2003, The International Standish Group, Inc., 2003.
About Telelogic
Founded in 1983, Telelogic(R) is a leading global provider of solutionsfor advanced systems and software development. Telelogic's intuitive,best-in-class software tools automate and support best practicesthroughout the application development lifecycle, leaving developmentteams free to concentrate on core competencies and apply their skillsand energy to value-added tasks. By optimizing each phase ofdevelopment, Telelogic enables companies to deliver higher qualitysystems and software with greater predictability, reduced time-to-marketand lower overall costs.
To ensure interoperability with third-party tools, Telelogic's productsare built on an open architecture and standardized languages. As anindustry leader and technology visionary, Telelogic is actively involvedin shaping the future of advanced systems and software development byparticipating in industry organizations like ETSI, INCOSE, ITU-T, OMGand others.
Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden with U.S. headquarters in Irvine,California, Telelogic has operations in 17 countries worldwide.Customers include Alcatel, BAE SYSTEMS, BMW, Boeing, DaimlerChrysler,Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, NEC,Nokia, Philips, Siemens, Thales and Vodafone. For more information,please visit www.telelogic.com
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