INCOSE Chooses Telelogic DOORS for Requirements Management

INCOSE Chooses Telelogic DOORS for  Requirements Management

INCOSE Members Cite Flexibility, Ease of Use, and Familiarity as Key Factors in
Selection

MALMÖ, Sweden and IRVINE, California - May 15, 2007 - Telelogic (Nordic
Exchange/MidCap/TLOG) today announced that the International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE) has selected Telelogic DOORS® for Requirements Management.
The agreement with Telelogic includes 20 user licenses, which will be used
primarily by INCOSE's planning and budgeting committee, the board of directors,
and other stakeholder communities throughout the organization.

“INCOSE recognizes that while there are many good systems engineering tools
available, Telelogic DOORS is the most frequently specified requirements
management product in the market, and has a long history of being continually
refined to respond to its customers' changing needs,” says Pat Hale,
President-elect, INCOSE. “The majority of our volunteer members have worked with
DOORS professionally, so our decision was based on our members' familiarity with
DOORS as well as its flexibility and ease of use.”

INCOSE will use Telelogic DOORS to manage and trace requirements within its
suite of strategic planning documents, which drive the organization's
development of best practices in systems engineering. The suite includes the
organization's 15-20 year projected vision for systems engineering practices,
plus a 5-year strategic plan and multiple annual planning and budgeting
documents. 

According to Hale, Telelogic DOORS facilitates and accelerates the development
and management of business critical information by empowering INCOSE members to
quickly locate the original requirements of previous decisions. “At various
points during a planning cycle, we get questions about what motivated us to
launch a particular tactical initiative or develop a certain budget line in the
annual operating plan. With all of our information stored in DOORS, we can
quickly answer those questions,” says Hale. “DOORS makes it easy for us to
provide a rationale for the investments we are making because we can trace back
to our 15-20 year vision document. We can demonstrate which considerations were
part of our decisions.”

Telelogic hosts INCOSE's DOORS database on a remote server in California, which
INCOSE accesses though a Web interface. Prior to implementing DOORS, INCOSE
linked its strategic documents manually using word processing and spreadsheet
applications. Hale noted that updating documents was awkward and time-consuming.
 He also stated that the detailed histories of strategic decisions were
difficult or impossible to locate.

“As professional systems engineers, we knew that a manual system was not the
right answer,” Hale said. “Now, with DOORS, we have capabilities that match our
goals.

“Most importantly, DOORS enables us to plan, execute, and track the progress of
the practices that we're improving for our members,” Hale added. “DOORS helps us
provide a good example of best practices in systems engineering.”


About INCOSE
The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit
membership organization founded in 1990. Our mission is to advance the state of
the art and practice of systems engineering in industry, academia, and
government by promoting interdisciplinary, scaleable approaches to produce
technologically appropriate solutions that meet societal needs.

About Telelogic
Telelogic is the leading global provider of software solutions for Enterprise
Lifecycle Management (ELM). Award-winning Telelogic software helps customers
design, develop, and deliver the world's most advanced and innovative products,
systems, and software more efficiently by aligning and optimizing development
lifecycles and business processes with business objectives and customer needs.
Telelogic helps customers improve quality and predictability while reducing
time-to-market and overall costs. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden with U.S
headquarters in Irvine, California, Telelogic conducts business in more than 40
countries. More than one third of the Fortune Global 500 companies use Telelogic
software including marketing-leading aero/defense, automotive, financial
services, software/electronic and telecommunications companies and governments
worldwide. For more information, see www.telelogic.com. 

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