~ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ~

 October 3, 2006

Software Planner Professional Edition Release – PR-0064
More Information – Contact Michael Fischer at
michael.fischer@pragmaticsw.com or 303-768-7480
No Kill Date!

SOFTWARE PLANNER PROFESSIONAL
PROVIDES ADVANCED WEB-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Pragmatic Software Company (http://www.pragmaticsw.com) announced the release of a Professional Edition of Software Planner (http://www.SoftwarePlanner.com/SoftwarePlannerPro.asp), its web-based Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) tool.   The Professional edition includes advanced project management features, time sheet management, project based security, and extended collaborative features.

Project Managers View
Software Planner Professional allows project managers to create and secure hierarchical project plans within a project and secure the project plans so that only specific people may access them.  Project tasks can be hierarchical and tasks can be linked to one another to prevent a specific task from beginning before others complete.  Project managers can set baseline dates and costs and track variances as the project progresses.  Project managers can also view all their project plans from a single screen, to determine the status of all their projects from a single location.

Team Members View
Team members are alerted via email as tasks are assigned to them and as they update their progress using the web-based interface, the project manager is alerted via email.  Team members update progress by entering hours and percentage complete against assigned tasks.  This time entry provides robust time reporting for timesheet management and client billing.

Client View
Clients that engage the team in project work can also view the status of each project.  With appropriate security granted, clients can view the overall status of the project, and drill into the tasks assigned to ensure that the project is progressing as planned.

Other Features
In addition to advanced project management, Software Planner Professional manages all phases of the SDLC, including:

>> Project Management: http://www.PragmaticSW.com/GuidedTours/Default.asp?FileName=ProjectPlans
>> Requirements Management: http://www.PragmaticSW.com/GuidedTours/Default.asp?FileName=FunctionalSpecifications
>> Test/QA Management: http://www.PragmaticSW.com/GuidedTours/Default.asp?FileName=TestCases
>> Issue/Defect Management: http://www.PragmaticSW.com/GuidedTours/Default.asp?FileName=Defects
>> Calendar Management: http://www.PragmaticSW.com/GuidedTours/Default.asp?FileName=Calendar
>> Discussion Forums: http://www.PragmaticSW.com/GuidedTours/Default.asp?FileName=DiscussionBoard
>> MS Outlook® Sync: http://www.PragmaticSW.com/GuidedTours/default.asp?FileName=psOutlooksyncdemo

“The features of Software Planner Professional expand our software development life cycle (SDLC) offering, providing robust project management capabilities to our already powerful SDLC tool.  Existing features of Software Planner include requirements management, test case management, defect management, calendar management, document sharing, discussion forums and list management from a single web-based solution” says Steve Miller, President/CEO of Pragmatic Software.  “This integrated approach is very attractive to our client base”, adds Miller.

About Software Planner
According to Pragmatic Software, Software Planner is available in 3 versions:

• Standard ASP Version - Hosted by Pragmatic Software, the Standard edition does not have the advanced project management features, but does manage other areas of the SDLC.  This version is available for $35 per concurrent user per month.
• Professional ASP Version - Hosted by Pragmatic Software, the Professional edition has advanced project management, Microsoft Outlook® Synchronization and other Enterprise type features.  This version is available for $65 per concurrent user per month.
• Enterprise Version - Hosted by the client, the Enterprise edition contains all features of the Professional edition. It also has a control panel that allows branding of the product and full integration with Crystal Reports® and Data Dynamic's® DynamiCube (a pivot table reporting solution).  This version is available for $ 1,600 per concurrent user (one-time fee).

About Pragmatic Software
Founded in 1992, Pragmatic Software Company, Inc. based in Denver, Colorado is a software development company that provides web-based project management and team collaboration software to over 60,000 subscribers in over 24 countries.  For more information on Pragmatic Software, go to http://www.PragmaticSW.com or contact Michael Fischer at 303-768-7480.  To see an on-line copy of this press release, navigate to:
http://www.PragmaticSW.com/PressReleases/PressRelease-0064.pdf.