Telelogic Announces Focal Point Integration with Microsoft Project for Optimized Product Management


On October 15, 2007, Telelogic will announce that Telelogic Focal Point now integrates with Microsoft Project to help manufacturing organizations more effectively manage their product requirements processes while making value-based decisions. Through this integration, Telelogic Focal Point 6.1 gives product managers visibility into project schedules for a complete product management solution that improves product value and increases agility throughout the product lifecycle.

Today's product managers fight a daily battle to balance scope, resources and time-to-market. Most product failures within the manufacturing industry are a result of poorly defined product requirements or changing business priorities that impact all three of these factors. Focal Point's visualization, prioritization, planning, and analysis capabilities help product managers set the scope of product development based on objective requirements, accelerating time-to-market and helping eliminate "emotional" requirements.

The fiercely competitive nature of global high-tech manufacturing can turn a mistake in product development into a disaster in sales. Product managers are required to make critical feature and time-to-market decision quickly and decisively. With Telelogic Focal Point, high-tech manufacturers can focus their resources on the products that will provide the highest value by selecting the right requirements for the right markets based on the value they can deliver to that market. Focal Point automates idea capture, making it easier to gather feedback from customers and internal stakeholders. This allows product managers to have greater focus on building value for each product, and enables development teams to build project plans directly from the requirements while supporting product management best practices. Through value-based selection, product managers can balance value, timelines and resource availability to ensure success of a product, even before the development process begins.

About Telelogic
Telelogic is the leading global provider of software solutions for Enterprise Lifecycle Management (ELM). Award-winning Telelogic software helps customers design, develop, and deliver the world's most advanced and innovative products, systems, and software more efficiently by aligning and optimizing development lifecycles and business processes with business objectives and customer needs. Telelogic helps customers improve quality and predictability while reducing time-to-market and overall costs. Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden, with U.S headquarters in Irvine, California, Telelogic conducts business in more than 40 countries. More than one third of the Fortune Global 500 companies use Telelogic software including market-leading aero/defense, automotive, financial services, software/electronic and telecommunications companies and governments worldwide. For more information, see www.telelogic.com.

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