Planview Introduces Planview PRISMS Rapid Portfolio Management (RPM) Solutions

New packaged solutions integrate comprehensive set of capabilities that rapidly deliver the business benefits of portfolio management

Austin, TX — May 14, 2009 — Planview®, the leading independent provider of enterprise-wide portfolio management solutions, today announced availability of a focused set of Planview PRISMS Rapid Portfolio Management® (RPM) Solutions. These packaged solutions integrate Planview Enterprise software, Planview PRISMS™ best practices, and value-added services to rapidly deliver the benefits of robust portfolio management capabilities to clients. Available as fixed-price offerings, these new solutions deliver the value of portfolio management in low-risk, easy-to-deploy packages.

Planview PRISMS RPM™ Solutions enable the most popular business drivers for portfolio management initiatives including strategic planning, organizational capacity planning, and project execution. Additional PRISMS RPM Solutions address product portfolio management and service portfolio management.

PRISMS RPM Solutions deliver pre-built configurations of Planview Enterprise that accelerate solution delivery to customers. These new solutions incorporate the Planview PRISMS Best Practices Library and the company's 20 years of experience in the portfolio management domain.

"Economic times require that companies make the right decisions about where to invest scarce resources – and the tools they use to make those decisions must pay off quickly," said Scott Hardey, executive vice president of customer services, Planview. "By bringing together our core expertise, market-leading PPM solution, enablement assets, and on-demand infrastructure, we are ensuring our customers see business results in the shortest time possible."

PRISMS RPM Solutions include two major capabilities -- Rapid Design and Rapid Roll-out. Rapid Design provides every customer with instant access to the pre-built solution utilizing the company's on-demand infrastructure. Rapid Roll-out provides proven enablement and support services that facilitate organizational success including:

• Planview PRISMS E-Learning tailored to the specific solution package
• Planview PRISMS Best Practices tailored to the specific solution package
• Planview Remote Advisory Service, a unique consulting and support offering that bridges traditional incident-based support and on-premise consulting
• Planview Platinum Customer Service, the company's premier level of customer service

PRISMS RPM Solutions customers have the long-term option to utilize either the bundled on-demand infrastructure for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery or transition to an on-premise model, based on their business requirements.

The new Planview PRISMS RPM Solutions are available today, with more information at market@planview.com.