Media Release: Logica Bangalore achieves CMMI Level 5 Certification
Posted on 2009 under Communications, News | No Comment5 Aug
Logica Bangalore achieves CMMI Level 5 Certification
August 05, 2009: Logica, a leading IT and business services company, has today announced that its Bangalore Operation has been certified CMMI Level 5 maturity level, the highest maturity level under the CMMI model. This certification validates improved delivery, operational excellence in software development and improved risk planning and management. Also, this prestigious certification guarantees reduced variation and cycle time through the plan-do-check-act cycle. It endorses a culture of ‘continuous improvement’ with active employee participation, increased customer satisfaction and more number of orders received.
Mr. Abhay Gupte, CEO, Logica India said: “The industry spend is in excess of $ 6.1 billion on independent testing. This is predicted to grow at CAGR above 10% with testing delivered from India growing above 15%. This shows the increasing demand and importance of operational excellence and quality assessment in the sector. The SEI CMMI certification is recognised worldwide for its technologies that help organisations deliver efficient and quality products and processes. This achievement is a result of continuous monitoring of the projects, its performance using key metrics, which are then benchmarked, to identify improvement areas.”
Abhay adds, “I am delighted to congratulate the India Quality Team for their untiring and focused commitment towards achieving this certification. This process improvement approach provides our organization with the essential guide across a project, a division, or an entire organization.”
CMMI is a process improvement approach sponsored by SEI (Software Engineering Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University).The Lead Appraiser recommended to SEI that the Bangalore operations are operating at CMMI Level 5 maturity level. This assessment was conducted under the latest version i.e. v 1.2. A reassessment was conducted by KPMG, a global leading assessment body. The prestigious SEI-CMMI level 5 appraisal reinforces Logica’s commitment to deliver quality to customers.
K.K Raman, Lead Appraiser, KPMG Bangalore said “The level of institutionalization of processes across the organization unit is found to be good and processes are seen to be used consistently across projects / service delivery. It is great to see that people believe in continuous improvement. Also, it was good to observe sustained management commitment for process initiatives. Client Relationship has been perceived to be matured over a period of time through continual improvement initiatives. Logica India is perceived as a COE for innovation, testing and related areas”.
About the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a U.S. Department of Defense federally funded research and development center operated by Carnegie Mellon University. The SEI helps organizations make measured improvements in their software engineering capabilities by providing technical leadership to advance the practice of software engineering. For more information, visit the SEI Web site at http://www.sei.cmu.edu.
About Logica:
Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 40,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Logica works closely with its customers to release their potential – enabling change that increases their efficiency, accelerates growth and manages risk. It applies its deep industry knowledge, technical excellence and global delivery expertise to help its customers build leadership positions in their markets. Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information is available at www.logica.com
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