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European Software Institute International Award for Software Excellence

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 renowned software institutes, recognizes companies that have shown a significant and sustained commitment to embrace best-in-class software development processes and practices.  

The accolade 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 prize, 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 world-renowned technical giants such as IBM and Cap Gemini.