Computer Associates - Leading Market Research Firm Finds PPM Software Delivering Over 500 Percent ROI

Companies Realize Major Efficiency Gains Through Reductions in Redundant Projects, Failed Projects, Cost Per Project and Time to Market

DITTON PARK, UK, January 28, 2008 – According to a new IDC White Paper*, acknowledged organizations common are leveraging activity and portfolio administration (PPM) software to decidedly access efficiencies, cut costs and drive revenue. The white cardboard was sponsored by CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA).

The companies surveyed accomplished a amazing 557 percent acknowledgment on their investment based on a three year ROI analysis. The PPM solutions showed a acknowledgment of $5.57 for every dollar invested and paid aback the antecedent investment in just 7.4 months afterwards the deployment was complete. Respondents cited the afterward changes to their business:
•The amount of bombastic projects decreased by 78 percent
•Project abortion ante decreased by 59 percent
•Cost per activity fell by 37 percent
•The time to bazaar for revenue-generating initiatives alone by 33%

“Whether mired in a difficult abridgement or advancing in affluent times, organizations abide to accretion assessable business allowances from activity and portfolio management,” said Randy Perry, carnality president, Business Value Consulting, IDC. “From abbreviation IT activity failures, to befitting programs on budget, PPM software is arena a key role in organizations’ action IT administration and babyminding strategies.”

IDC’s all-encompassing analysis on PPM systems was accurate by all-embracing interviews with 13 companies that accept had PPM installed for at atomic six months. In accession to accepting qualitative information, IDC absolved anniversary acknowledging through a alternation of scenarios to quantify the changes in the IT alignment back the PPM deployment. To access quantitative information, IDC focused on anniversary customer’s acquaintance with attention to PPM benefits. The companies surveyed all use PPM solutions from arch vendors, are from above bounded markets, and represent a array of industries, ability levels and sizes.

“For our customers, adjustment IT in abutment of business objectives is added analytical than ever,” said Helge Scheil, accumulated chief carnality admiral and accepted manager, CA Clarity PPM Business Unit, CA. “For those organizations not yet leveraging PPM, they charge a solid ROI to absolve the purchase. This address makes it simple for them to body the business case for affairs a PPM band-aid such as our CA Clarity PPM.”
“The afterimage and advice provided by CA Clarity PPM ensures that strategic, business transformation projects as able-bodied as new articles and services, are delivered on time and aural budget, arch to greater aggressive advantage,” said Jean-Michel Huten, Director of IT Planning, Worktools and Methodologies, Generali France.
To get a archetype of this IDC White Paper, amuse go to ca.com/ppmroi. While on this website, visitors can appraise the amount abeyant of PPM for their alignment application the online PPM Business Value Calculator developed from the aforementioned IDC research. In just 5 minutes, the calculator provides a alone PPM ability and allowances assessment. After application the PPM Calculator, one can appeal a abundant action plan by email. This customized 40-page appraisal provides the allowances and next accomplish bare to body a PPM business case.

On Tuesday, March 10th, plan to appear the accessible abide IDC Webcast featuring Randy Perry, carnality president, Business Value Consulting, IDC. Join CA as Mr. Perry discusses the contempo IDC White Paper advantaged How Project and Portfolio Management Solutions Are Delivering Value to Organizations. The webcast will be advertisement abide alert on March 10th, with the aboriginal affair at 9:00 AM ET, and the additional at 4:00 PM ET. For added information, go to ca.com/roiwebcast.

•IDC White Paper sponsored by CA, “‘How Project and Portfolio Management Solutions Are Delivering Value to Organizations,” Doc # 213980, September 2008

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Available resources:
•IDC analysis report
•personalized online PPM Maturity Value Calculator
•customized 40-page action plan.
Link: ca.com/gb/ppm-value

About CA Clarity PPM

CA Clarity PPM, the industry-leading activity and portfolio administration solution, helps accessible and clandestine area IT organizations to accomplish world-class achievement by convalescent the above of their assurance with their stakeholders and acceptable their adeptness to run at aiguille efficiency. The CA Clarity PPM arrangement appearance chip IT portfolio planning, appeal management, activity management, ability planning and time, amount and becoming amount management. More than 800,000 users at added than 900 companies depend on CA Clarity PPM to administer IT and, increasingly, to administer new artefact development (NPD). For added advice on CA Clarity PPM, amuse appointment www.myclarity.com.

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