RAVENFLOW CEO TO UNCOVER SECRETS FOR IMPROVING SOFTWARE PROJECT TIME-TO-MARKET AT ICSPI 2007

Dr. Joe Marasco will Explore Best Practices for Identifying Errors and Speeding Requirements Validation

ORLANDO—ICSPI 2007—November 13, 2007— Ravenflow, the leader in requirements authoring and validation tools that speed software project time to market, today announced that president and CEO, Dr. Joe Marasco, will present a session on best practices for identifying requirements errors and improving software project success at the fourth International Conference on Software Process Improvement (ICSPI), taking place this week at the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort in Orlando, Fla. Dr. Marasco’s presentation is scheduled today, Tuesday, November 13, at 1:30 p.m. Details are as follows:

Who:	Dr. Joe Marasco, President and CEO, Ravenflow
What:	"Best Practices for Identifying Requirements Errors and Improving Software Project Success"
Where:	International Conference on Software Process Improvement (ICSPI), Holiday Inn
When:	Tues., Nov. 13, 2007, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., ET

In this session, Dr. Marasco will discuss how project managers, business analysts and other key project stakeholders can quickly identify requirements errors before they have the chance to negatively impact project time-to-market, as well as explore collaborative best practices for speeding requirements validation. Attendees will learn the latest tools and techniques for delivering high quality software to end users as fast as possible.

Dr. Marasco is a 35-year software industry veteran and author of The Software Development Edge: Essays on Managing Successful Projects, published in 2005 by Addison-Wesley. Prior to taking the helm at Ravenflow, he served as senior vice president of Rational Software Corporation until it was acquired by IBM in 2003. He is a frequent presenter at software development industry events.

About ICSPI 2007
Hosted by The International Institute for Software Process (IISP) and Software Dimensions, ICSPI focuses on practical methods for improving software processes around the organization, independent of any specific assessment model. The ICSPI 2007 program features presentations and tutorials by world leading authorities and practitioners in software process improvement.

About Ravenflow
The award-winning Ravenflow accelerates application project time-to-market by reducing the time required for all stakeholders to approve requirements, reducing developer rework due to requirements errors, and by generating test cases automatically. Business analysts and stakeholders across all industries depend on Ravenflow's Requirements Authoring and Validation Environment (RAVEN) ) to quickly visualize and validate the software requirements. RAVEN integrates seamlessly with the Microsoft Visual Studio and IBM Rational platforms. Ravenflow is based in Emeryville, CA; for more information, please visit www.ravenflow.com.


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Adam Frankl
Vice President, Marketing, Ravenflow
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Robyn Fernsworth
Kickstart Consulting for Ravenflow
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