Astrium Continues to Standardise on Telelogic DOORS® for Requirements Management

Astrium Continues to Standardise on Telelogic DOORS® for Requirements Management - Product's Performance and Customer Support assures easy and effective Requirements Management Strategy - MALMÖ, Sweden - January 21, 2002 - Telelogic (Stockholm Exchange: TLOG), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced software and systems development, today announced that Astrium, Europe's largest space company, has renewed its selection of Telelogic DOORS Requirements Management Solution. It has also added DocExpress to its development portfolio, with both solutions being deployed across all the three countries in which Astrium's Telecommunication and Navigation Division operates. Astrium first nominated Telelogic's DOORS for its requirements management activities in December 2000. The choice of Telelogic DOORS was made after exhaustive evaluation of competing products and was selected for its market leadership position providing the performance required by Astrium and Telelogic's ability to fully understand Astrium's development needs. "We've been so satisfied with the product that the contract, due to expire in December 2003, has been extended by another three years," said Les Oliver, responsible for implementing DOORS and requirements management strategies within Astrium. This prolonged open-access contract represents a cost-effective solution for Astrium and illustrates the benefits of the flexible partnership approach offered by Telelogic. "It enables us to progress our requirements management strategy effectively as projects develop and evolve and to build this philosophy into our products from the ground up. The combination of DOORS and DocExpress means we can implement that strategy easily and efficiently," said Oliver. "This significant agreement not only strengthens our long-term relationship with Astrium, but also further validates the leadership of our best-in-class tools," said Nick Bradshaw, Telelogic. "With the ever- increasing complexity of development environments, the need to measure what you deliver is crucial to keeping projects on track. Telelogic DOORS provides a tried, tested and trusted solution to today's largest and most complex requirements management challenges." DocExpress, Telelogic's automated reporting and documentation solution, will also play a key role underpinning Astrium's development projects. "Real-time information is invaluable for understanding, maintaining and reusing enterprise assets," said Bradshaw. "As the development lifecycle becomes more complex, accurate project information can become the weak link, jeopardizing the ever-shrinking schedules of systems & software development. As with other aspects of engineering, process automation has become the key element in making real-time information available to project teams. This is where DocExpress can really help." About Telelogic DOORS and Telelogic DocExpress DOORS is a multi-platform, enterprise-wide requirements management tool designed to capture, link, trace, analyze and manage a wide range of information to ensure a project's compliance with specific requirements and standards. DOORS is the world's leading requirements management tool according to the latest Standish Group industry report entitled, "What are your requirements? 2000". DocExpresstm is the industry's most widely integrated automated reporting and documentation product. It simplifies and automates the task of gathering, formatting and publishing data from various systems and software development tools into archival and deliverable documentation. DocExpress provides automated reporting and documentation services that are also integrated with other popular third party tools. About Astrium Operating in Germany, France and Britain and owned jointly by EADS and BAE Systems Astrium specializes in science programs, civil and military Earth observation and communications satellites and ground systems, navigation constellations, launchers and space infrastructure. The company has been prime contractor for more than 50 communications satellites and provides complete turnkey satellite systems, including network control stations, ground terminals and communications services. About Telelogic Founded in 1983, Telelogic® (www.telelogic.com) is the leading global provider of solutions for advanced software and systems development. The company's automated application lifecycle solution includes integrated best-in-class software and professional services for requirements management, change and configuration management, development, testing, and documentation. Telelogic enables organizations to improve quality and predictability, while reducing time-to-market and overall costs in software and systems development. Built on an open architecture that ensures interoperability with other leading third-party solutions, Telelogic's products are based on international standardized languages and notations. Telelogic participates in 3GPP, Bluetooth SIG and OMG to create future communication technologies and visual software development languages. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden the company has more than 1,000 employees worldwide. Customers include Airbus, Alcatel, BMW, Boeing, BT, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Philips and Siemens. ### Telelogic, Telelogic DOORS, Telelogic Tau and Telelogic Synergy are the registered trademarks of Telelogic AB. All other trademarks are the properties of respective holders. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/01/21/20020121BIT00480/bit0002.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/01/21/20020121BIT00480/bit0002.pdf