BWI: L&T InfoTech, Collabera Solutions, Wipro Technologies and Robert Bosch win the QAI High Maturity Best Practices (HMBP) 2011 Awards

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Source: QAI
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:59 AM IST (06:29 AM GMT)
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L&T InfoTech, Collabera Solutions, Wipro Technologies and Robert Bosch win the QAI High Maturity Best Practices (HMBP) 2011 Awards


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- QAI (www.qaiglobal.com), the world's leading consulting and workforce development firm addressing Operational Excellence, announced the Awards for High Maturity Best Practices at the 2nd International Colloquium on High Maturity Best Practices (HMBP) 2011. Jayashree Nagarajan J and Shobana S from L & T Infotech emerged as the winners for their case study on "Journey from Generic to Customized PPM Solution". The 1st Runner Up position was duly awarded to Mosesraj R and Smitha Thumbikkat from Collabera Solutions for their paper titled "Bridging the Eagle's Eye and Worm's View". There was a tie for the third spot 2nd Runner Up position was shared by Gurdarshan Singh Brar and Praveen Kurdukar from Wipro Technologies for their paper "Practical Approach to Build and Deploy PPM", and Aravind Raman from Robert Bosch for his paper "CART Based Integrated Process Performance Model". The awards were given away at a glittering ceremony at the Chancery Pavilion, Bangalore during the Awards Evening at HMBP 2011.

After the preliminary screening round, a jury comprising of three eminent industry members, viz., S M Balasubramaniyan , Vice President - Mission : Quality, Wipro, Sankararaman Dhandapani, Consulting Partner, QAI and Sumita Hari, VP, Quality, Deloitte, short listed the top 10 papers which were then presented at the conference. The papers were evaluated on concept (30%), content (30%), presentation (20%); and value contribution (20%), for a total score of 100 points.

Winner of the Best of the Best-CMMI® High Maturity awards, Ms.Jayashree Nagarajan J and Ms. Shobana S from L & T Infotech, expressing their sincere thanks to QAI, said, "The HMBP Colloquium by QAI was a good platform to meet the best minds of the industry and to share & learn High Maturity best practices. It was an exhilarating experience to represent L & T Infotech. Winning the Best of the Best, High Maturity Leadership award is exciting and at the same time encouraging. This validates L & T Infotech's maturity and excellence in the implementation of High Maturity practices."

Commenting on the winning paper, the jury members agreed that the best benefits of High Maturity practices are derived by software programs when the performance models are appropriate to the engagement. This case study narrates the authors' experience in using a Generic model for customized solutions. A clean and step by step approach supported by statistical techniques makes the case study detailed, practical and assuring. They added that this paper answers the challenges and issues that every medium to large organization that has a top down approach to Process Performance Models is grappling with. The authors have clearly articulated the business need, the practical steps that are feasible to address the need and key takeaways from such an approach.

For over 16 years, QAI has brought together international representatives and recognized thought-leaders to share information, learn new software quality processes, and discuss software practices through a number of prestigious events like Asia SEPG Conference, Software Testing Conference and Project Management Leadership.

About QAI:

QAI is a leading global consulting and workforce development organization addressing the space of 'Operational Excellence' in information technology, business process outsourcing and knowledge intensive organizations.

QAI Global Services, the consulting division of QAI, addresses the areas of Software Process Management, Quality Management, Innovation Management, Project Management and IT Service Management among others through consulting, appraisals and assessments.

QAI Global Institute, the workforce development division of QAI, focuses on creating global educational training products and services to address competence development, assessments and professional IT certifications in business critical skill domains like Software Testing, Quality, Business Analysis, Process Engineering and Project management to name a few, for increased employability of the talent pool.


CONTACT DETAILS
Arka Sengupta, QAI, +91 9717153919, arka.sengupta@qaiglobal.com
Ahmad Mustafa, QAI Global, +91 98113 70954, ahmad.mustafa@qaiglobal.com

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