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EXPERT CHOICE PARTNERS WITH EPK GROUP TO PROVIDE COLLABORATIVE DECISION SUPPORT FOR PROJECT, PROGRAM AND RESOURCE MANAGMENT
Arlington, VA (October 2, 2007) – Expert Choice, Inc., the world leader in collaborative decision making software, and EPK Group LLC, a leader in Enterprise Portfolio, Project, and Resource Management, announce the integration of Expert Choice 11.5 with the tactical portfolio management, resource management, and budgeting/cost management functions of EPK-Suite. This integration allows users to map corporate objectives and goals specified in Expert Choice with project alignment data in EPK-Suite so that a portfolio of major projects and support efforts can be optimized for the organization. The integration is bi-directional such that EPK-Suite's scenario modeler function can be used to evaluate alternative project mixtures and time-phasing of costs and resources and the updated scenarios are then passed to Expert Choice for further analysis and optimization.
Expert Choice has also joined the EPK Certified Partner Program as part of the new relationship between the firms. This new integration capability is available from Expert Choice and EPK Group immediately. "We're excited about the opportunity that integration with EPK-Suite presents to Expert Choice users in the rapidly expanding tactical portfolio and resource management marketplace" said Rich Dougherty CEO of Expert Choice. "EPK Group's founders have an extremely long history in the project management arena and this partnership will bring tremendous functionality to current and future Expert Choice clients", he added. "This announcement demonstrates our commitment to advancing the state of the art in portfolio and resource management" said Bill Olford, one of the founding partners of EPK Group. "Our product has always had a technique for prioritizing projects but many customers have requested the availability of a more sophisticated optimization approach. Integration with Expert Choice gives our customers world-class decision support capabilities. We believe Expert Choice is an extremely easy to use project selection and prioritization tool, and it also offers robust capability for integration with other systems such as EPK-Suite", continued Olford.About Expert Choice
Expert Choice brings rational decision-making to a complex world. Since 1983, Expert Choice serves as the world leader in collaborative, decision-making software serving more than 100 of the Fortune 500 and 30 U.S. Federal Agencies. Its software is taught in over 100 universities and used in 60 countries worldwide. Its solutions are designed for business and government leaders who want to save time and improve their bottom lines.
About EPK Group
EPK Group is dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art in portfolio, project, and resource management. Its founders average more than 25 years’ experience in the project management software field. During that span they developed many of the popular project management systems with widespread user bases covering technology platforms from mainframes to current web enabled systems. The EPK Group product line is built on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Office Project Server 2003, and Windows SharePoint Services platforms. These modules seamlessly integrate with this platform and enhance the business value of this solution.
Media and analyst contact: For media and analyst inquiries, please contact Jim Devlin, Expert Choice, Inc. 703.243.5595 x 115, jdevlin@expertchoice.com or Rich Murphy, EPK Group LLC, 561.310.7279, richmurphy@epkgroup.com. top of page