Blueprint to Speak at Showcase Ontario on Business Analyst Enablement

Blueprint Execs to Provide Guidance on How to Select a BA Tool at Canada's Largest I&IT Education Conference

Blueprint, the leader in requirements solutions for software business analysts, will be speaking at the upcoming Showcase Ontario 2008 conference next week in Toronto. Blueprint's VP of Product arketing, Tony Higgins, will be presenting on the topic of "Selecting a Business Analyst Tool," at 2:30pm ET on Tuesday, September 9th.

Business Analysis is a rapidly maturing discipline. Processes are evolving and becoming formalized. In this environment where everything is changing, selecting tools that will still be relevant as the discipline evolves is, to say the least, a challenge. A recent survey by analyst firm voke showed that 91% of business analysts use tools that are ineffective and static, the most common tool being Word. In his presentation, Mr. Higgins will outline criteria to look for in a solution for the Business Analyst.

Blueprint will also be exhibiting at the Showcase, which runs from September 8-10, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The company will be showcasing its industry leading Blueprint Requirements Center 2009.

Blueprint Requirements Center 2009 is the first software solution designed for all phases of the requirements definition lifecycle. With Requirements Center 2009, Blueprint delivers four groundbreaking modules purpose built to provide business analyst teams the capability to optimize the requirements definition practices of requirements elicitation, elaboration, validation, and acceptance.

About Blueprint

Named a "Cool Vendor" in Application Development by leading analyst firm Gartner, Blueprint aligns business and IT teams by delivering the industry's leading requirements suite designed specifically for the business analyst. Blueprint solutions empower analyst teams to eliminate requirements misunderstanding by capturing, validating, and delivering precise business requirements to local or distributed IT application project teams. Blueprint's product line functions as a collaborative system for the requirements lifecycle, including requirements elicitation, elaboration, validation, and acceptance. Blueprint is a global provider, with presence in the United States, Canada, and Europe. For more information on Blueprint, visit http://www.blueprintsys.com.