Increased quality in software product development - SNP Heidelberg receives CMMI Maturity Level 2

Issued by Schneider-Neureither & Partner
Heidelberg, 20 Oct 2014

The Heidelberg-based SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner successfully reached Capability Maturity Model Integration's (CMMI's) Maturity Level 2.

In early 2013, the SNP software development team, headed up by Dr Andr'e Sch"ungel, introduced a continuous improvement process on the basis of CMMI in order to further optimise software development processes and reach CMMI Maturity Level 2. Within the scope of this optimisation, agile product management with Scrum was introduced.

With the help of SynSpace, the company was able to analyse the current situation in the summer of 2013, which, in addition to many strengths, also revealed weak points to the team.

The improvement processes which were subsequently introduced led to a further optimised and faster software and development process. The measures had a measurable, extremely positive impact on the efficiency and quality of the development process.

By reaching CMMI Maturity Level 2, the team demonstrated that SNP product development delivers what clients order on schedule, on budget, efficiently and with top quality. Since an increasing number of clients expect and specifically ask for CMMI or ISO 9001 certifications, SNP is not going to settle for the current maturity level and is now preparing for Level 3 - because, as SMMI project manager Daniel Kohl knows: "Those who stop pursuing constant improvement have already lost."

SNP

SNP increases the speed with which companies can implement changes, and supports them in adapting their IT landscape more quickly and economically to changing market conditions. With its SNP Transformation Backbone, the software company has developed the world's first standard software solution for automated analysis and standardised implementation of changes in IT systems. The transformation platform is based on the experience of the more than 2 500 projects it has completed worldwide. The company, founded in 1994, gained this experience with its software-related services for Business Landscape Transformation.

More than 250 employees in Europe, South Africa and the USA achieved sales of EUR23.5 million in 2013. SNP, headquartered in Heidelberg, went public in 2000 and has been listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since August 2014.

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