Emeryville, CA—November 18, 2010—Ravenflow, a leading provider of requirements definition software, and Jama Software, the leader in collaborative requirements management solutions, have opened the second edition of the State of Requirements Management Survey. The survey establishes benchmarks in requirements management and identifies trends and strategies for delivering better software and projects.
The 20-question survey builds on data from the 2008 study and is open through December 10 at www.surveymonkey.com/s/stateofrequirements. Participants can receive a complimentary copy of the survey results, along with an invitation to the results webinar in January.
"Ravenflow is dedicated to empowering business analysts, project managers, developers and other stakeholders to transform the way they produce and manage requirements, by arming them with the tools, training and information that can improve project success," said Susan Boers, president and CEO of Ravenflow. "This survey is a natural extension of our mutual mission with Jama Software to share best practices that lead to better requirements and better projects."
"We are pleased to join Ravenflow and sponsor the second edition of the Requirements Management industry survey that allows practitioners to share their insights and experiences on managing software requirements," said Eric Winquist, CEO of Jama Software. "Application development has become more complex, iterative and collaborative, and the role of requirements management has evolved into a central point of quality assurance and innovation. This latest survey will shed light on the challenges and progress associated with the practice of requirements management to enable organizations to innovate faster, respond to change and delivery on commitments."
To participate in this important survey event, please visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/stateofrequirements.
About Ravenflow
Ravenflow is the leading provider of visual requirements definition software that allows companies to gain better insight, clarity, and quality in their process improvement and application development projects. Leveraging a uniquely business-driven and process-based approach, Ravenflow transforms requirements definition by empowering business analysts to rapidly produce clear specifications of their business process workflows, business use cases, and business application needs. Ravenflow recently was named the fastest growing company in the requirements market, received the 2010 IBM Rational Jazz Innovator Finalist Award, 2009 Jolt Productivity Award, the 2009 IBM Rational ISV Partner of the Year Award, and was selected as a Gartner "Cool Vendor in Application Development."
About Jama Software
Jama Software is the leader in collaborative requirements management solutions for improving enterprise collaboration and managing complex software development projects. Its web application, Jama Contour, helps organizations manage the entire requirements management lifecycle through an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that brings people, teams and ideas together to ensure software value is delivered as specified. Customers, from start-ups to the largest and most sophisticated technology and IT organizations in the world, turn to Jama to help drive innovation, improve the decision-making process and harness the collective genius of all stakeholders involved in building great software. For more information please visit
www.jamasoftware.com
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