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Ravenflow : , the leader in visual requirements definition software, today announced that Accenture Partner Randy Vogel will present Perfecting Requirements Definition and Management on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 from 10 – 11 a.m. PST. The webinar is free and open to the public.

Registration is at www1.gotomeeting.com/register/606491512 : .

“The cost of rework, poor quality, and the associated delays in realizing return on investment continue to plague IT organizations,” said Randy Vogel. “Getting the requirements right is critical to solving these problems. This presentation, drawing on years of practical experience at Accenture, describes how applying standardized techniques and enabling users through tools and usage guidance helps reduce costs, increase quality, and deliver applications sooner.”


“Accenture has been

a major Ravenflow customer for years, across many vertical practice areas and with many different clients,” said Susan Boers, president and CEO of Ravenflow. “We are delighted to host Randy Vogel as he discusses the Accenture requirements approach in our Requirements Best Practices Webinar series.”


This webinar will cover.

- What’s in the Accenture Requirements Tool Kit
- Key requirements gathering techniques
- How requirements techniques can be used effectively together
- How an integrated set of tools can be used to automate and enable the techniques


The webinar presenter, Randy Vogel, is a partner at Accenture with more than 21 years of experience in IT and software development. He has been responsible for delivering applications across a broad spectrum of platforms and technologies using globally distributed development teams.

Randy currently leads Accenture's strategic tools program focused on standardizing the tools and processes used globally to deliver high-quality solutions to Accenture clients.

Registration for this webinar is open at www1.gotomeeting.com/register/606491512 : .



About Accenture

Accenture : is a global management consulting : , technology services : , and outsourcing : company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.
With approximately 177,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$21.58 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2009. For more information, please visit www.accenture.com : .



About Ravenflow

Ravenflow is the leading provider of visual requirements definition software that allows companies to gain better insight, clarity, and quality in their process improvement and application development projects. Leveraging a uniquely business-driven and process-based approach, Ravenflow changes the way companies look at requirements by empowering business analysts to rapidly visualize and produce clear specifications of their business process workflows, business use cases, and business application needs. Ravenflow recently was named the 2009 ISV Partner of the Year by IBM Rational, received the 2009 Jolt Productivity Award, and was selected as a Gartner “Cool Vendor in Application Development.” Ravenflow is based in Emeryville, CA; for more information, please visit www.ravenflow.com : .

All products mentioned in the release are trademarks or registered trademarks of Ravenflow. All other trademarks, trade names, and/or product names are used solely for the purpose of identification and are the property of their respective owners.

RavenflowAdam Frankl, 650-823-4057Vice President, Marketing adam.frankl@ravenflow.com : mailto:adam.frankl@ravenflow.com