Planview Expands Customer Service and Support Program with Creation of Planview University

Training and education program further enhanced via new agreement with ESI International to deliver comprehensive portfolio management e-training curriculum

AUSTIN, Texas — March 22, 2004 — March 22, 2004 — Planview, Inc., a leading provider of integrated enterprise portfolio, resource and project management software and services, has extended its industry-leading customer service and support program with the debut of Planview University. As part of Planview's commitment to providing the industry's best project management education services, Planview has also entered into a new agreement with ESI International, the leading provider of project management, contract management and business analysis training.

Expanding upon the company's online user community, PlanviewDirect.com, Planview University provides a comprehensive portfolio management education program. Complementing its own training and support services, Planview's agreement with ESI provides customers with access to ESI's Web-based e-training project management curriculum. With more than 20 years of project management training experience and the backing of The George Washington University, ESI's interactive courses help ensure that Planview University delivers the industry's most complete solution to secure the project management training and support that will enable them to extract the full benefits of their enterprise portfolio management implementation.

"Planview can now offer its customers access to the best available project management training," said Larry Seeley, president of ESI. "ESI gives Planview's customers a convenient way to boost their core project management competencies, thus enabling them to complete IT projects on schedule and under budget."

Through Planview University, customers can participate in:

• Classroom and Austin site training: Led by Planview's Professional Services Group to help solve specific challenges or provide instruction on the more advanced functionalities available in Planview that can improve how projects are performed, managed and tracked.
• Online personalized mentoring: Find the best methods and Planview tools to improve management and business processes, improve resource productivity, and optimize organizational performance with customer-specific recommendations.
• Computer-based tutorials: Interactive, "see it-try it-test it" tutorials provide a cost-effective, schedule-friendly way to deliver introductory or reinforcement training via one-hour CD videos that can be played at any time, for any number of people, from any number of locations.

"To help customers get the greatest return on portfolio management solutions, vendors must offer more than just software, yet too often they provide inadequate training and support to allow professionals to fully benefit from their tools," said Greg Gilmore, Planview COO. "Adding ESI's project management e-training program to Planview University's offerings confirms our commitment to serving the needs of customers by providing the educational resources they need to improve work management, deliver investment analysis, ensure corporate governance compliance, and increase profitability."

About ESI International

ESI International is the leading provider of project management, contract management and business analysis training. Since 1981, ESI has served Fortune Global 500 companies and nearly every major agency of the U.S. government. ESI's services include public classroom training in more than 45 cities worldwide, on-site training, e-training and consulting. With ESI's flexible approach to training, clients can create a unique, customized solution for their specific needs. To date, the ESI Professional Development Programs have benefited 652,000 professionals in 100 countries.

About Planview

Founded in 1989, Planview enables enterprises to make business sense out of IT. More than 350 customers and 260,000 users at industry leaders, including Allianz, Farmers Insurance, Pfizer, Reuters, the State of Connecticut Department of Information Technology, Volkswagen America and Zurich North America, rely on Planview to forecast, plan, manage and execute their portfolio of projects. Planview is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices throughout the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Privately held, Planview has enjoyed 11 straight years of profitability and increasing revenue. For more information, visit www.Planview.com.

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