Thursday, August 4, 2011

Virtusa’s Global Delivery Framework Assessed with CMMI Level 5 Certification, the Highest Standard in Quality Manageme

Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ: VRTU), a global IT services company that offers a broad spectrum of business consulting and outsourcing services, announced today that its global delivery framework has been assessed as meeting the prestigious Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) Level 5 rating, the highest recognition to an organization’s software quality management system. CMMI is a process improvement model used to better an organization’s ability to manage project activities towards success. CMMI is regarded as the standard in the industry for software and systems development and management.



Virtusa was awarded CMMI Level 5 based on the company’s superior accomplishments as a provider of systems engineering, software engineering and IT services. Virtusa underwent an appraisal in which independent assessors, along with the internal team, carried out a detailed assessment of the company’s capabilities at its Advanced Technology Center in Hyderabad, India. The appraisal recognized Virtusa’s innovative global processes for their high level of maturity. This milestone not only credits Virtusa’s commitment towards process maturity but also its approach towards delivery excellence and service quality.


“We are delighted to receive the CMMI level 5 rating, which strongly validates Virtusa’s commitment to continuous process improvement,” said Kris Canekeratne, chairman and CEO at Virtusa. “It is a testament to the dedication of our global team members who work relentlessly to improve our clients' IT efficiencies through engineering excellence. CMMI level 5 is an industry benchmark and we are honored to be among a select few IT service providers who have received this rating.”


The CMMI approach was developed by The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. The framework can be used as a guide to improve processes of a single project or across an entire company. CMMI helps with the integration of separate organizational functions and assists organizations in setting process improvement goals. The model measures business process maturity levels and provides customers with a way to assess risks and determine the level of process maturity a company has achieved. The CMMI framework includes five distinct levels of maturity, with level 5 being the highest attainable. Achieving CMMI Level 5 helps companies reduce risks in projects by making it easier to predict cost, schedule, performance and quality of products.


To see Virtusa’s appraisal results, please visit http://sas.sei.cmu.edu/pars/pars.aspx







To learn more about CMMI®, please visit: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/CMMI/



About Virtusa

Virtusa provides end-to-end information technology (IT) services to Global 2000 companies. These services, which include IT consulting, application maintenance, development, systems integration and managed services, leverage a unique Platforming methodology that transforms clients’ businesses through IT rationalization. Virtusa helps customers accelerate business outcomes by consolidating, rationalizing and modernizing their core customer facing processes into one or more core systems.



Virtusa delivers cost-effective solutions through a global delivery model, applying advanced methods such as Agile and Accelerated Solution Design to ensure that its solutions meet the clients’ requirements. As a result, its clients simultaneously reduce their IT operations cost while increasing their ability to meet changing business needs.



Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Virtusa has operations in North America, Europe and Asia.