| Teaneck,
NJ-March 10, 2000-Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corporation, an e-business
and application management specialist,
has been awarded the "Best of Best Practices
Award" by Quality Assurance of India
(QAI) and the Carnegie Mellon Center
for Information Systems Engineering.
The Award was presented at the SEPG
2000 Conference held in Bangalore, India.
Mr. Pankaj Jalote, Head of Computer
Science at IIT Kanpur, screened the
60 nominations in four categories, shortlisted
four from each and forwarded them to
Mark C. Paulk, Senior Member of Software
Engineering Process Management at Carnegie
Mellon University, and one of the authors
of the software Capability Maturity
Model (CMM). Judging the Award, Paulk
made the following comments:
"My choice for the 'Best of the Best'
Award in the category of Best Practices
is "Audit Plan to Process Improvement-An
Automated Journey" by the quality professionals
from Cognizant Technology Solutions.
This paper has four attributes to be
commended: use of quantitative data
to demonstrate the impact of process
improvement actions; emphasis on timely
feedback; effective use of software
tools to reduce errors, decrease cycle
time and automate processes; and the
substantive way in which the Software
Quality Assurance (SQA) evolves as an
organization matures."
"This project utilized all our skills,"
said Emani Sarathy, Head of Cognizant's
Process and Quality Management Board.
"We always thought it would be possible
to integrate software internal audit
planning, audit processes, audit follow-up,
analysis of findings and process improvement
suggestions, and quantitatively monitor
the activities and effectiveness of
Quality Reviewers' activities. We therefore
developed an integrated system and effectively
implemented it. This has resulted in
recognition from delegates at the SEPG
conference and from around the world
of which we are very proud."
About Quality Assurance India Limited
Quality Assurance India Limited, a joint
venture between QAI, USA and INTECOS,
India, facilitates enhanced competitiveness
amongst software organizations through
multi-faceted interventions. QAI India
focuses on the triad of People, Process
and Technology for achieving break-through
performance in customer companies. QAI
India's services include consulting,
conducting quality-specific conferences,
training, benchmarking, and conducting
CMM assessments. For more information,
visit QAI on the Web at http://www.qaiindia.com.
About Cognizant Technology Solutions
Cognizant delivers high-quality, cost-effective,
full life-cycle solutions to complex
software development and management
problems. Cognizant employs more than
2,000 computer science and engineering
professionals globally, including at
its eight development centers in India.
The company's offerings include application
development, maintenance and re-engineering,
with expertise in e-business, data warehousing,
and the financial services, information
defined and healthcare industries. Cognizant
has been assessed at SEI/CMM Level 4
and is ISO 9001 certified across all
of its development centers. Forbes magazine
named Cognizant the best small company
in its listing of the "200 Best Small
Companies." For more information, visit
Cognizant on the web at http://www.cognizant.com.
Trademarks: This press release refers
to numerous products by their trade
names. In most cases, these designations
are claimed as trademarks or registered
trademarks by their respective companies.
For Information Contact:
Larry Gordon,
Cognizant Technology Solutions
(201) 678 2743
lgordon@cognizant.com
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