Rapid Results Implementation Approach Provides Planview Customers with Measurable Results in as Few as 30 Days

Planview's Rapid Results leads to early return on investment for Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company

AUSTIN, Texas —January 23, 2006 — Planview, the leading provider of comprehensive IT portfolio management solutions, today announced Planview Rapid Results, a unique implementation approach based on field-proven best practices that leverages customer investment in Planview Enterprise™ and early knowledge from the vendor selection process to deliver tangible results in as few as 30 days.

"Combining Planview's application software, PRISMS adaptive best practices and Rapid Results approach, Great-West was able to implement Planview Enterprise quickly and with a controlled scope that ensured successful cultural adoption," said Cheryl Bass, Associate Manager for the IT organization's PMO at Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, serving millions of Americans through a full range of health care plans, life and disability insurance, annuities, and retirement. "Planview's fast track methodology has been a great starting point, providing Great-West with a foundation that will enable us to expand the use of this application across our IT organization. Now that Planview has shown early return on investment, Great-West will be able to bring a host of new enterprise-wide IT management projects under its best practices umbrella to help ensure future project success."

"Drawing upon broad experience from hundreds of successful implementations with a consulting staff singly dedicated to achieving results, Rapid Results helps customers like Great West achieve early and ongoing benefit from Planview Enterprise," said Steve Alexander, vice president of consulting at Planview. "Many implementation approaches start with a clean slate after selection. The Planview advantage leverages our knowledge from early customer interaction to deliver immediate, momentum-building results for customers' most pressing business needs that can then be demonstrated across the organization."

The Rapid Results approach combines customer due diligence knowledge with an industry-leading best practice delivery model to provide a tailored customer solution with Planview Enterprise, Planview's comprehensive IT management solution. The result is a structured approach that accelerates implementation, minimizes organizational impact and proves the greatest value for early return on investment.

Sample solutions for the Rapid Results approach include:

• Inventory of existing projects plus time tracking to demonstrate the impact of work on resource capacities
• Investment analysis and selection process that ranks the existing project inventory to reduce misaligned work and control inbound demand
• Portfolio perspective on investments aligned with resource capacities to analyze opportunities and make decisions based on financial demand and the mix of investments
• Portfolio of applications that are weighted and scored to identify and retire redundant, outdated, or low-value applications

Planview Enterprise is the most complete IT management solution on the market. Easy to implement and easy to use, Planview Enterprise combines portfolio management software, best practices, and proven cultural adoption methods in a comprehensive solution that enables CIO's to optimize and manage 100% of their IT resource spending. Its unique portfolio management discipline delivers unprecedented visibility into the key trade offs involved in every business decision, allowing IT and business decision makers to make informed choices that optimize resources, support company growth and deliver value back to the business.

About Planview

Since 1989, Planview has been a market leader and trusted partner in comprehensive IT management. Our award-winning product, Planview Enterprise, combines IT portfolio management software with adaptive best practices to provide unprecedented visibility into total IT spending. By applying a portfolio management discipline to projects, strategies, and services, Planview enables CIO's to drive innovation by making better business decisions. Industry leaders such as Wells Fargo, John Deere, DHL and Hallmark depend on Planview solutions to align work, resources and business objectives across the enterprise. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Planview is privately held and has been profitable for over a decade. For more information visit www.Planview.com.

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