June 17, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Compuware Corp. (NASDAQ: CPWR) TODAY announced at the Vision Events Project Portfolio Management Summit that it is helping its customers more effectively manage Agile development efforts by offering the Agile Accelerator, a pre-configured version of its market-leading IT portfolio management solution, Changepoint.

IT organizations are embracing Agile delivery methods to improve responsiveness to the business. To maintain a comprehensive view of the overall project portfolio, Agile projects must be managed along with more traditional waterfall type projects in the same environment. Changepoint’s Agile Accelerator delivers best practices to support the agile development process and the associated reporting requirements, giving customers a starting point to manage agile development within a broader portfolio of projects.

“We are looking forward to utilizing Changepoint’s new Agile Accelerator to improve the effectiveness of our SCRUM methodology,” said Greg Livingston, director of I.S. Planning and Systems Development for Shaw Industries, Inc. “We believe Changepoint and the Agile Accelerator will improve system adoption and consistency across our organization.”

Compuware Changepoint is a business-centric IT management solution that enables IT executives to take a comprehensive approach to managing supply and demand–unlocking the potential of an IT organization to effectively meet the needs of the business.

Founded in 1973, Compuware provides software, experts and best practices to ensure applications work well and deliver business value.

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