Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 Adoption Rising

January 15, 2008, Toronto: Blueprint™, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration™ (RLA™), today announced the rapid adoption of Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 by both new and existing customers.

In its first 90 days on the market, Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 has been selected and deployed across numerous industry segments including large financial institutions, healthcare providers, global telecommunications companies, and independent software vendors.

Blueprint Requirements Center 2008 was launched in September of 2007, and is the industry's first requirements definition platform for enterprise wide deployment. As part of this landmark release, Blueprint added the Blueprint Definition Server, which enables teams of users to seamlessly share assets, enable asset protection through version control and configuration management, and merge changes through a defined change-control process.

"Omnicomm has determined that most of our quality problems stem from poor requirements definition practices and point solutions," said Vincent Raaijmakers, Senior Vice President IT for Omnicomm. "Blueprint and proper requirements definition practices refine our requirements definition process and shrink IT requirements cycle time by 40%. Our distributed development teams will use the Blueprint Definition Server to ensure alignment and collaboration, and plan on leveraging the deep integration with HP Quality Center for requirements management and test generation."

Blueprint also announced the immediate availability of a new version of the freely available Blueprint Reader, which extends its collaborative functionality. Blueprint Reader enables any project stakeholder to review and provide feedback of requirements definition assets. The new Blueprint Reader enables improved information sharing and easy packaging of requirements simulations.

According to Forrester Research senior analyst Peter Sterpe, "If you stop and think about it, you may find that requirements definition, not requirements management, is the root cause of your problems. If this is the case, consider allocating your budget elsewhere - on tools for requirements definition on training for business analysts and even business customers, or on process change to enable easier accommodation of requirements change." ("Selecting the Right Requirements Management Tool - Or None Whatsoever", Forrester Research, Inc., September 2007).

On January 24th, 2008, Blueprint, HP Software, and the Requirements Networking Group (RQNG) will host a joint webinar entitled "Visualize Success: Precise Requirements through Requirements Definition, Simulation, and Management". Interested participants can register online at http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=99772&s=1&k=9666CD09BB7E15DE77C8D53EE7CDD23C.

About Blueprint
Blueprint ignited the Requirements Definition revolution in 2004 with the introduction of its landmark Profesy™ solution for Visual Requirements Definition and Validation. Today, Blueprint offers an expanded solution to support the emerging industry category entitled Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration™ (RLA), Blueprint's approach enables modern IT organizations to substantially eliminate rework, cost and schedule overrun, ensure application quality, and control business risk. Blueprint is a global solution provider with presence in North America and Europe. For more information on Blueprint or Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration™, visit www.blueprintsys.com.

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The Requirements Lifecycle

Blueprint empowers organizations to clearly, accurately, and precisely define business requirements by empowering the business analyst with a complete workbench. With Blueprint Requirements Center 2009, organizations have the ability to automate the processes of requirements elicitation, elaboration, validation, and acceptance. Through Blueprint’s patented transformation algorithms, Business Analysts can deliver final and “ready to be consumed” requirements assets through deep integrations with leading ALM solutions, custom Microsoft Office documents, and intranet portals.

About Blueprint

Blueprint aligns business and IT teams by delivering the industry's leading requirements suite designed specifically for the business analyst. Blueprint solutions empower analyst teams to eliminate requirements misunderstanding by capturing, validating, and delivering precise business requirements to local or distributed IT application project teams. Blueprint's product line functions as a collaborative system for the requirements lifecycle, including requirements elicitation, elaboration, validation, and acceptance. Blueprint is a global provider, with presence in the United States, Canada, and in Europe.