Osellus, announced the availability of IRIS Process Author 3.5. This new offering enables software development teams to significantly improve the rate of adoption of their processes improvement initiatives. Visual Studio Team System offers a profound change in the way teams collaborate to build software. VSTS is an integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution comprising of tools, processes and guidance to help your team work more effectively. Traditional ALM solutions are often packages of discrete tools, originally intended for standalone use.

    "Process adoption remains as a major challenge for most software development organizations. Despite continuing investment in methodologies, tools and training by management, team members often view process as a superfluous factor that they have to accept but one that they have little influence on," said Payman Hodaie, CTO of Osellus. "IRIS 3.5 addresses this challenge by allowing practitioners to become active participants in a live process community."

    IRIS 3.5 streamlines the interactions between process authors and practitioners through the means of wikis, blogs, online forums and other Web 2.0 technologies. Web 2.0 social media, such as these, that allow two-way user controlled participation amongst stakeholders is gaining widespread acceptance in business. IRIS 3.5 utilizes these technologies to facilitate better asynchronous process access, dissemination, feedback, tailoring and refinement. The resulting improved practitioner participation in process authoring and enactment has a direct and positive impact on process acceptance.

    Osellus Professional Services delivers highly specialized services under its Process Consulting Practice. This practice is geared to provide a broad range of services in the area of process development, enhancement and implementation. We leverage our comprehensive knowledge in the area of software and IT process improvement to deliver these services. IRIS 3.5 is available immediately.

    IRIS Process Author is a methodology neutral visual process management system that enables collaborative authoring and tailoring of process assets in a practical manner that ensures an organization is able to meet its governance objectives. IRIS Process Live is a second-generation enactment system that enables teams to execute process-aware development projects and obtain detailed measurements of the effectiveness of their processes.  

    IRIS Process Live allows practitioners, managers and process engineers to collaborate to fully realize the potential of their software development processes. Content Bridge for VSTS creates VSTS Process Templates from Rational® Method Composer (RMC) content, including content from the various RUP® and third-party plug-ins.  This loss-less transformation empowers teams by allowing them to create and execute "RUP® aware" Team System projects.

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