PSL is granted the 2010 international Software Excellence Award by the European Software Institute

The European Software Institute –ESI—recently awarded PSL with the prestigious 2010 Software Excellence Award in the SME category.  The award, in existence since 2003 and granted by one of Europe’s most renown software institutes, recognizes companies that have shown a significant and sustained commitment to embrace best-in-class software development processes and practices.  

The price was granted to PSL in Bilbao, Spain, by a panel of 16 experts including Clifford Shelley, from Oxford University, Pete Botella from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, and Enrique Morey from the European Software Insitute.  In selecting a candidate for the price, a company’s track record in delivering quality software was considered, as well as a company’s effort to implement innovative methods that allow it to achieve exceptional performance in the software quality triangle: delivering software on-time, on budget and with the required specifications. 

More than 38 companies worldwide competed for the price this year, which before has been granted to renown technical giants such as IBM and Cap Gemini.

More about PSL

PSL is a Latin American software nearshoring firm with more than 25 years of experience in the field of software development.  The company is considered a leader in the implementation and investigation of best-in-class software development practices in the region, being the first in Latin America to achieve CMMI level 5 status, and the 8th in the world at the time (in 2003).  PSL is also the only Latin American recipient of the prestigious Software Process Achievement award, granted by the IEEE and Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute.  Currently, PSL staffs more than 400 engineers and has offices in Colombia, Mexico City and the US (Dallas).  To learn more please visit www.pslcorp.com

More about the European Software Institute

The European Software Institute ESI was created in 2003 by the European Comission.  Currently staffed by more than 105 experts software experts from around the globe, the ESI  seeks to investigate best practices in software development as well as share its findings and experience throughout Europe and abroad.  ESI is located in the Zamudio Technological Park, in the outskirts of Bilbao, Spain.