Telelogic Announces Scalable Enterprise Change Management Solution that Improves Productivity and Traceability

Organizations are looking for well-integrated solutions that automate more of their lifecycle processes, incorporate best practices, and improve collaboration among stakeholders, said Melinda-Carol Ballou, Program Director for IDC’s Application Life-Cycle Management Research. Regulatory compliance pressures demand auditing and management and coordination across disparate development teams require stakeholder communication and prioritization that can help teams increase their competitive edge and enable project success.

Telelogic Change 4.7 fills the need for a consistent, integrated problem tracking and change request management solution that is easy to use, yet able to meet the scalability requirements of large and complex organizations. Web-based and customizable, Change 4.7 is ready to use out of the box and has a low cost of ownership and implementation.

Telelogic Change 4.7 includes:

- Proven Enterprise Change Processes - co-developed with Philips Applied Technologies, this out-of-the-box solution provides a low-risk, high-ROI process package for consistent change request and problem report management across the organization. It supports process initiatives such as CMMI and quality initiatives including ISO 9000 and has been successfully deployed to over 900 users across more than a dozen sites.

- Functionality that promotes a more strategic approach to quality assurance (QA) - Historical data collection and reporting capabilities identify when defects were introduced, when they were found, how they will impact cost, quality and delivery, and where process improvement will have the most impact.

- New integrations that support ALM, from requirements to code -- Integration with Telelogic Focal Point and Telelogic DOORS® Fastrak improves collaboration among stakeholders and allows large numbers of change requests and requirements from multiple stakeholders to be prioritized. This integration enables processes that are optimized for fast-paced development cycles, providing the most comprehensive ALM solution for all types of projects, from complex systems and software to agile development.

The process and toolset now available as Change 4.7 Enterprise Change Process (ECP) are generic, robust and comprehensive, yet remain intuitive for the end-user and scalable to meet Change & Problem management demands of our development projects said Wim Geerdink of Philips Applied Technologies. After deployment we measured a significant improvement in change request throughput times as well as a reduction of effort spent on Change Management activities. This solution contributed to the successful passing of various audits,