Addison-Wesley Awards Excellence In Quality to Open Software Foundation Project

Quality Software Management Founder Instrumental in Implementing Project

 January 16, 1995 - Quality Software Management is pleased to announce that Addison-Wesley Publishing Company has recognized the Open Software Foundation's OSF/1 project as the winner in their Excellence In Quality contest.  Alan Lehotsky, founder of Quality Software Management, was directly involved in implementing the OSF/1 prize-winning process-improvement effort.   "Software developers are recognizing the importance of working smarter, not harder," said Lehotsky, founder of Quality Software Management. "Examining the common activities involved in software development and optimizing those processes gives engineers more time to focus on the creative aspects of programming and design, while insuring higher product quality and timeliness," continued Lehotsky.   "In order to award individuals and companies involved in continuously improving the quality of their products and services, Addison-Wesley created the Excellence In Quality contest," said Jennifer Joss, editor of Addison-Wesley. "We are pleased to present this award to the Open Software Foundation.";   Quality Software Management of Lexington, MA provides process improvement consulting to software development organizations helping software developers build products right and build the right products.   The Open Software Foundation of Cambridge, MA is a not-for-profit industry consortium whose mission is to develop technology for open systems computing. OSF/1 is their UNIX-based operating system, conforming to POSIX, ANSI, X/Open, and other relevant industry standards.   The Addison-Wesley Publishing Company of Reading, MA is a leading publisher of quality and engineering related titles and books targeted for engineering process improvement. These books take the reader beyond the ideas and theories, focusing in on the practical information that can be applied to the job for both short-term and long-term results.   The process improvement efforts and the resulting benefits resulting for the OSF/1 are described in the winning entry.