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Compuware Introduces Quality GovernanceTM in CARS 5.0
CARS 5.0 Provides Maximum Business Value to QA Organisations Through the Implementation of Effective Governance Models to Deliver Reliable Business ApplicationsLondon, 1st March, 2005 - Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) today announced the general availability of version 5.0 of the Compuware Application Reliability Solution (CARS), its comprehensive quality management solution. CARS 5.0 introduces Quality GovernanceTM, which optimises a quality assurance organisation's ability to deliver reliable business applications that provide maximum business value through the implementation of effective governance models and delivers integration with Compuware IT Governance by Changepoint. One of the major challenges facing CIOs today is maximising the business value of IT investments. CIOs know that business value means shareholder value, and increased shareholder value means revenue growth and/or improved operating margins. Previously, these types of goals were left up to the business managers to accomplish through business initiatives. Now business is increasingly looking towards IT to not only be linked with these initiatives, but also to be an enabler to accomplish these goals. With CARS 5.0, Quality GovernanceTM enables IT organisations to deliver the processes, systems and metrics to accurately assess the value, cost, risk and performance of the services they provide. By integrating with Compuware IT Governance by Changepoint, project portfolios that contain development projects will benefit from new metrics that communicate a software quality index. This integration not only increases the accuracy of tracking and evaluating a project's health and risk, it also reduces the administrative burden of collecting and entering data into multiple systems for reporting. CARS provides CIOs with more detailed metrics about the quality of the application portfolio. This improves decision-making, and allows for better alignment with the business. Forrester Research estimates that a defect found post-production costs at least 50 per cent more to fix than one found early in the project. "Investing in quality is imperative," noted Margo Visitacion, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. "With more than half of all software projects considered failed or challenged and with support costs for defective software running as high as 50 per cent of the total development cost, companies must invest in quality." * Quality GovernanceTM is the method of ensuring that business commitments and expectations are adequately managed and satisfied by IT. The processes and practices that are an integral part of Quality GovernanceTM optimise an IT organisation's ability to deliver reliable business applications that provide maximum value. In CARS 5.0, Quality GovernanceTM closely aligns the QA function with the overall governance and management structures for IT. Processes and information are in place to provide a seamless flow of critical information from the QA function to the CIO. New features in CARS 5.0 include:
"Quality is traditionally measured by metrics such as defect density and defect origin. These valuable metrics become part of more meaningful measures of success for the CIO when a Quality GovernanceTM strategy is implemented," said Gery Plourde, CARS Director at Compuware Corporation. "With CARS 5.0, Quality GoveranceTM provides a means to deploy best practices, a way to measure progress and the opportunity to make continuous improvement." About CompuwareCompuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) maximises the value IT brings to the business by helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and employee productivity throughout the IT organisation. Founded in 1973, Compuware serves the world's leading IT organisations, including more than 90 per cent of the Fortune 100 companies. For more information visit: www.compuware.co.uk Compuware is a registered trademark of Compuware Corporation. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Compuware is a member of The Prince's Trust Technology Leadership Group (TLG), a premier industry-networking forum for leaders within the IT industry, established in May 2002. For Compuware Press Inquiries Contact:Sophie Jarvis/ Barbara Bajkowski * Forrester Research, Inc: "Quality Assurance Versus Quality Control" by Margo Visitacion. December 22, 2004 |
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