pragma
SYSTEMS' processMax®
Is Intuit’s Answer
For
Attaining
Compliance With
Level 2 Of SW-CMM
Intuit®
Opts For Guaranteed Solution Available With processMax

Reston,
Virginia (January 23, 2002) -- pragma
SYSTEMS
CORPORATION
today announced that Intuit, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU), the leading provider
of small business management and personal finance software and services,
will harness the robustness of processMax to manage its software projects
in compliance with Level 2 of the Capability Maturity Modelâ
for Software (SW-CMMâ).
Intuit purchased processMax2
to incorporate this recognized standard of excellence in management
of its software projects.
“We
are pleased to welcome Intuit into our growing circle of users looking
to excel to a level of perfection identified by the Software Engineering
Institute in the SW-CMM,” explained Rebecca Bowerman, President and
CEO of pragma
SYSTEMS
CORPORATION. “Our processMax product line affords both the
public and private sectors with increased productivity in a business
environment that is increasingly restructuring to achieve greater efficiencies
and streamlined operations.”
With processMax,
software organizations manage software development and maintenance projects
with the power of their intranet. Using a role-based approach to the
management of software development, processMax
provides managers and developers with step-by-step procedures, integrated
document management and automated workflow. processMax enables increased productivity, fewer defects, and reduced
risk.
About
pragma Systems Corporation
pragma
SYSTEMS
CORPORATION (www.pragmasystems.com)
has been in the CMM-based assessment and improvement business since
1990, and is the market leader in CMM-compliant software project management
products. pragma Systems guarantees
that organizations using processMax2 and processMax3
will be found compliant with Level 2/Level 3 of the SW-CMM by an independent
CMM-Based Appraisal for Internal Process Improvement (CBA IPI) or Software
Capability Evaluation. pragma
SYSTEMS
CORPORATION’s
headquarters are located in Reston, Virginia.