New Capabilities Enable Scenario-based Decision Making, Increased
Collaboration With the Business and More Effective Management of Complex
Project Portfolios
DETROIT, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Compuware Corporation
(Nasdaq: CPWR) today announced the release of Changepoint 12, the latest
version of its market-leading IT Portfolio Management solution. This new
version delivers significant enhancements that help IT organizations to
ensure continued business alignment, to deliver maximum business impact and
to foster effective engagement with business stakeholders.
"Changepoint provides us with the comprehensive ability to automate IT
processes and to involve business constituents at key points in those
processes," said Avery Cloud, CIO of New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
"Version 12 extends Compuware's leadership in delivering a truly business-
focused IT management solution."
Version 12 allows for the definition of decision-making scenarios
encompassing existing and potential demand on IT, with graphical
comparisons. Version 12 also extends the-web based Client Portal to
facilitate active participation by clients involved in key business
processes. Additionally, this new version provides web-based resource
leveling and management of project dependencies, allowing IT organizations
to optimize resource use and to be more responsive to business change.
"IT organizations globally are striving to improve alignment with the
business by improving collaboration and engagement with each line of
business in the enterprise," said Daniel Stang, Principal Analyst of
Gartner. "Improved alignment with the business is a key criteria by which
IT delivers value and is ultimately evaluated by the business."
Changepoint 12 is the first solution to offer the ability to create
decision-making scenarios that encompass the full spectrum of IT activity,
including projects, planned work and request-driven work. These
comprehensive scenarios, which reflect current business realities, are
analyzed through a new graphical interface that enables comparison through
detailed bar, pie, bubble, line and Gantt charts. These new capabilities
enable dynamic "what if" analysis to facilitate the evaluation of strategic
alternatives and to drive decision making across all of IT's various
portfolios.
In addition, Changepoint 12 extends the Client Portal to a
comprehensive platform that enables active customer engagement across the
entire IT investment lifecycle. The Client Portal now enables business
users to participate throughout the IT-business process, from the
submitting of business cases to the approval of final funding, change
requests and work requests. Changepoint 12 also provides powerful,
practical web-based resource- leveling capabilities and support for project
dependencies to enable optimal resource allocation and sophisticated
program management across complex project portfolios in a changing
environment--ensuring maximum business impact.
Changepoint 12, coupled with Compuware's recently announced Changepoint
Supply and Demand Accelerator, is the industry's most complete solution for
effective IT management. The Changepoint Supply and Demand Accelerator
delivers a comprehensive starting point for an IT Management implementation
including prepackaged business metrics, process automation, templates,
management portlets and reports based on industry standards such as the
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and organizational best
practices. Compuware's recently announced Rapid Path services offering
enables IT organizations to get started with the solution within 30 days,
ensuring customers begin realizing immediate value from their investment in
Changepoint.
"Changepoint 12 extends our market-leading solution to allow IT
organizations to excel in today's complex and dynamic business
environment," said John Williams, Senior Vice President of Product
Management and Strategy at Compuware. "As evident from our growing market
momentum and acknowledgement from industry analysts, Compuware continues to
be recognized as a visionary leader in the IT Portfolio Management market."
More Information
To read the press release announcing the Compuware Changepoint Supply
and Demand Accelerator and Rapid Path Service Offering, please visit:
http://www.compuware.com/pressroom/news/2007/6531_ENG_HTML.htm
Compuware Corporation
Compuware Corporation maximizes the value IT brings to the business by
helping CIOs more effectively manage the business of IT. Compuware
solutions accelerate the development, improve the quality and enhance the
performance of critical business systems while enabling CIOs to align and
govern the entire IT portfolio, increasing efficiency, cost control and
employee productivity throughout the IT organization. Founded in 1973,
Compuware serves the world's leading IT organizations, including more than
90 percent of the Fortune 100 companies. Learn more about Compuware at
http://www.compuware.com
Press Contact
Bob O'Brien, Compuware Communications and Investor Relations,
bob.obrien@compuware.com, 313-227-7300
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Compuware Corporation, One Campus Martius, Detroit, MI 48226,
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