Blueprint Launches Solution Partner Program

Blueprint™ Signs Major Partners Sky I.T. Group, Software Quality Solutions, and Digital Mosaic to Extend Sales and Service Reach Across North America

May 21, 2007, Toronto: Blueprint, the global leader in Requirements Lifecycle AccelerationT (RLAT), today announced the launch of a Blueprint Solution Partner Program with three founding partner members. Blueprint's Solution Partner Program is designed for specialist technology optimization solution providers that can market, resell and provide value-added services complementary to Blueprints solution offering. For founding members, Blueprint has prioritized and focused its partnering efforts on the following areas:

  • Requirements-Driven Testing: Blueprint selects SKY IT. Group and SQS to be founding members of our Solution Partner Program in the Requirements-Driven Testing focus area. Both firms have a unique heritage, experience and strong customer success in delivering consulting, project management and implementation services in the area of Quality Management, Test Process and Methodology Transformation, and Quality Performance Assessment. With the addition of Blueprint Requirements CenterT's unique Requirements Definition and Automated Requirements-Driven Test Generation capabilities, SKY IT and SQS can offer a more comprehensive quality and testing solution to their customers that transforms the quality and economics of Test Development. Blueprint facilitates this through the generation of 100% complete tests to provide comprehensive requirements coverage, or generation of specific tests to validate change impact, risk and policy-driven verifications. With Blueprint Requirements CenterT, customers can gain efficiencies when testing for change or performing regression testing.
  • Requirements Elicitation & Definition: Blueprint selects Digital Mosaic as a founding member of our Solution Partner Program in the Requirements Elicitation & Definition focus area. Digital Mosaic has unique experience and specialties consulting in the area of facilitating business requirements discovery and in training business analysts to be more efficient in the elicitation of business requirements. With the addition of Blueprint Requirements CenterT, Digital Mosaic will be able to offer a direct transformation from Requirements Elicitation into Requirements Definition and Change Management to thereby extend their consulting and training offerings.

"We are very proud to have such an accomplished set of founding members of our Solution Partner Program", said Robert L. Howatt, Blueprint Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales Operations. "We have already commenced joint customer project work together with great success. I am looking forward to working closely with our partners to support them as they expand their Blueprint business."

"SQS has built a strong legacy of delivering customer success for quality IT implementations," said Rich Klimkiewicz , president and CEO of SQS, "Requirements definition and requirements driven testing are paramount needs for IT organizations dealing with globalization, outsourcing, and service-oriented architecture. We will be adding Blueprint Requirements Center 2007 to our current solution offerings to provide a complete solution for requirements and quality management. We are proud to join the Blueprint solution partner program. "

"SKY IT GROUP's focus is to provide a complete solution to our customers," said Jay Hakami , president and CEO of SKY IT GROUP, "We are excited to position Blueprint Requirement Center 2007 for requirements definition, simulation, and validation to augment our quality management offerings. The partnership between Blueprint and SKY IT GROUP is going to add tremendous value by combining our legacy of services with the technology to enhance requirements driven testing. We are excited to join the Blueprint solution partner program. "

"Digital Mosaic is a leader in providing consulting and training that accelerate the extraction of clear business requirements.," said Keith Ellis , Principal, Digital Mosaic, "Requirements Lifecycle Acceleration is about accelerating time to market and empowering the business to better define IT applications. Blueprint's more tactile approach in requirements visualization may help clients improve process documentation clarity for the IT organization, while making the process of solution development more experiential for the business stakeholder."

Blueprint has established a formal Solution Partner Certification Program involving a combination of formal product training and modeling workshops. Certified Solution Partners will be able to provide Value Added Reseller services, and provide certified Consulting and Training services to licensed Blueprint customers.

For more information on the Blueprint Solution Partner Program, please visit http:/www.blueprintsys.com/alliances.

About Blueprint

Blueprint ignited the Requirements Definition revolution in 2002 with the introduction of its landmark ProfesyT solution for Visual Requirements Definition and Validation. Today, Blueprint offers an expanded solution to support the emerging industry category entitled Requirements Lifecycle AccelerationT (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 office locations in North America and Europe. For more information on Blueprint or Requirements Lifecycle AccelerationT, visit www.blueprintsys.com.

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