Cooperation between Method Park and Anywhere.24

Method Park Software AG, a system provider for process management, and Anywhere.24 GmbH, a specialist for CMMI and organizational development, have signed a cooperation agreement with effect from February 1th, 2009.

Bernd Hindel and Christian Hertneck signing the contract

The goal is to achieve close and active collaboration in all matters relating to process improvement according to SPICE and CMMI. The two companies wish to support each other particularly in their area of courses and training. “With our cooperation partner Anywhere.24, we will be well-equipped for the future when it comes to providing our customers with detailed and comprehensive know-how regarding all CMMI constellations (development, acquisition, services, people), both in the area of consultation as well as assessment,” says Prof. Dr. Bernd Hindel, chief executive officer of Method Park.

“Joint trade fair booths will enable us to demonstrate to our customers the even greater competence we have now gained through Method Park in matters relating to process improvement, process modeling and SPICE,” says Christian Hertneck, managing director of Anywhere.24 GmbH.

Within the framework of the cooperation, Dr. Jürgen Schmied, co-founder of Method Park Holding AG, moved from Method Park Software AG to Anywhere.24 GmbH with effect from January 1, 2009. As a SEI-authorized CMMI instructor, a trainer for project management, an ISO/IEC 15504 principal assessor, and successful author of books (»Mit CMMI Prozesse verbessern« [Improving processes with CMMI], »Basiswissen Software-Projektmanagement« [Fundamentals of Software Project Management], »Embedded Systems - qualitätsorientierte Entwicklung« [Embedded Systems – quality-oriented development]), Dr. Schmied represented the areas of process improvement and project management at Method Park. In future, he will be responsible for helping to generate common activities and thus for creating synergies for the customers of both companies.

In addition to the cooperation between Method Park and Anywhere.24 a merger is also planned.

About Anywhere.24

Anywhere.24 supports organizations worldwide in optimizing processes. Focus are three business fields:

>> PROCESS - Developing in Time / Cost / Quality
>> PEOPLE - Enabling People Excellence
>> CRM - Managing your Customer Relations

Our credo “Creating Impact” stresses adequate and lean processes for our customers to ensure a visible benefit for the business objectives and employees. Lean perfection instead of perfectionism are key for implementing process and quality models as well as tools.
Anywhere.24 offers holistic consulting for the whole lifecycle of products development, projects, customer contact management as well as for service engineering and management.

As best practices, Anywhere.24 uses internationally recognized standards like: CMMI for Development, ITIL / CMMI for Services, CMMI for Acquisition, People CMM, LEAN Thinking, V-Modell XT, PMI.

For more information please contact
Natalie Sajons, Public Relations
Anywhere.24 GmbH, Lindberghstraße 11, 82178 Puchheim bei München
Tel. +49 (0) 89 800849 10, Fax +49 (0) 89 800849 99
E-Mail: n.sajons(at)anywhere24(dot)com http://www.anywhere24.com

Dr. Erich Meier
Dr. Erich Meier
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(openPR) - Convergence 2008 in Detroit, Michigan marks the launch of Method Park’s new process management system “Stages for Automotive” to industry experts. This new tool is part of an extensive service and product portfolio especially designed for the automotive industry.

“Stages for Automotive” was developed to specifically address increasing automotive requirements in Quality, Complexity, Collaboration, and Compliance. It provides all the necessary elements and support to model, analyze, and enact processes for automotive products. One of the many unique characteristics of Stages is its ability to master automotive compliance ensuring conformity to standards such as CMMI® 1.2 DEV, Automotive SPICE, ISO TS 16949, and ISO 26262 (TBA). The Stages architecture also supports emerging methodologies such as AUTOSAR features and process definition.

“With "Stages for Automotive", new users will benefit from a tool that was developed and improved over several years through partnerships with leading automotive companies including BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Bosch, and Continental Automotive“ says Dr. Erich Meier, board member of Method Park Software AG responsible for development.

Taking place biennially in Detroit, Michigan, Convergence has earned world-wide recognition as the premier transportation electronics event attracting over 8,000 leading executives, engineers, and technologists from around the globe. Serving as Host Company for Convergence 2008 is Chrysler.
About Method Park

Method Park’s engineers and consultants are experts in the field of software development for automotive and medical systems, especially where high demands on quality and safety are made. We are your experienced partner for engineering services, coaching, training and consulting in software development processes and process maturity models.

Our web-based process management portal "Stages" allows you to model your process, assures the compliance of processes to standards (e.g. CMMI, SPICE), and communicates process descriptions to teams. Stages can be integrated with your configuration management system to manage project documents in accordance with the defined process.

Method Park, which was founded in 2001 in Erlangen, Germany, currently has more then 120 employees. Method Park has subsidiaries in Erlangen, Freiburg, Munich and Stuttgart in Germany, as well as Detroit and San José in the USA.

Margit Brendl, Public Relations
Method Park Software AG, Wetterkreuz 19a, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 9131 9 72 06-281, Fax +49 (0) 9131 9 72 06-280
E-Mail:Margit.Brendl@methodpark.com
www.methodpark.com

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