New Accept Planner 3 provides enhanced portfolio planning and roadmapping capabilities.San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 30, 2004 -- Accept Software Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise product planning applications for high-tech product organizations, today announced the release of Accept Planner 3 and updated industry solutions for software delivery optimization (SDO) and product lifecycle management (PLM).Accept Planner 3 provides powerful new strategic and tactical planning capabilities, with a particular focus on managing the business aspects of successful product planning. Highlights of this third-generation release include the following capabilities:- Manage roadmap and product release timelines- Define and deploy a consistent phase- or stage- based product lifecycle process such as PRTM`s Product and Cycle-time Excellence (PACE) methodology- Create, review and approve milestones and Stage-Gate reviews- Calendar-based resource planning to better understand resource requirements across multiple roadmaps and releases- Highly-configurable graphical Gantt views of platforms, roadmaps, and releases - Organize product releases into portfolios and roadmaps for reporting and analysis- Capture, manage, and track risk- New executive reports including bubble charts for portfolio analysis - Define and share report templates"Today`s product organizations face some tough challenges. With Accept Planner 3, these organizations can count on the support of industry`s first truly comprehensive planning solution", explained James Davies, President & CEO, Accept Software Corporation. "Accept Planner 3 delivers on its promise to unite people, process, and knowledge. With one system, product companies are able to take end-to-end control of product planning and in turn reap the rewards that come from winning strategies and market-driven products"."Accept Software takes strategic product planning and roadmapping to an entirely new level with Accept Planner 3", said John-Paul Saunders, Director of New Product Solutions at Primus Knowledge Solutions, an Accept customer. "With its new reporting and analytical tools, we are able to use Accept Planner 3 to lay out our portfolio and roadmapping plans, then dive deep into each release to make sure it aligns perfectly with both strategy on the one hand, and customer needs on the other."About Accept Software CorporationAccept Software provides enterprise product planning applications that empower product organizations to overcome market and product complexity, and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Our flagship product, Accept Planner 3, provides an integrated, collaborative planning environment that enables companies to define market-leading product strategies, and translate those strategies into winning, tactical product plans across the entire product lifecycle. Accept Software is headquartered in San Jose, California and serves a growing customer base that includes leading companies such as Actuate, Autodesk, Chordiant Software, Convergys and Mercury Interactive. More information on Accept Software can be found on the companys web site at www.acceptsoftware.com.Copyright 2004, Accept Software Corporation. All rights reserved. Accept Software and Accept Planner are registered trademarks of Accept Software Corporation. Stage-Gate is a registered trademark of the Product Development Institute. Product and Cycle-time Excellence (PACE) a registered trademark of Pittiglio Rabin Todd McGrath. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Accept Software Announces Accept Planner 2.1 Release - New version of Accept Planner 2 introduces over forty enhancements.San Jose, CA (PRWEB) February 11, 2004-Accept Software Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise product planning solutions for p .. (367 Views)
