【正文】 cture. Built in a Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) framework, PM Office39。D. Furthermore, pricing pressures have mounted because of the tough PPM market (as well as petition from the Microsoft Project product line), while growth rates for most vendors have decreased or stopped altogether. As noted last year (see 20xx Project/Resource Management Magic Quadrant), application vendors from other areas have also been entering the market and contributing to growth in this space. Since 3Q02, the vendors of the moreintegrated PPM solutions have struggled, and the petition is heating up (see Figure 1 and Note 1). Figure 1 The PPM Magic Quadrant Source: Gartner Research (July 20xx) Note 1 Evaluation Criteria Ability to Execute Vendor viability Management team Track record in delivery and support Functional depth Support capability Sales and marketing Completeness of Vision Vision of technology and the market Resourcing (including external) Consulting/service mitment Package breadth Platform, database and ERP support Team collaboration features IS anization requirements Vendors39。 Touche, and PeopleSoft has partnered with Cap Gemini Ernst amp。D, which has yielded a Microsoft Project 20xx release that is due in the fall, enhancing synergies with other Microsoft technologies, including Windows Sharepoint Services, Office and Outlook. Continued work with Microsoft Solution Partners to address implementation issues provides valuable experience in addressing enterprise needs. ERP II vendors continue to target the space, both defensively (to prevent PPM midoffice vendors from expanding their enterprise footprints) and offensively, with PPM products or features packaged with parts of their application platforms to address PPM market requirements. Although initially offered to extend their implementations39。Y, it also offers CIO OneSource, a bined PPM product/service for IT. SAP is approaching the market with new offerings that may challenge the petition next year: xRPM, a cross app for resource and program management that is positioned as a product targeting internal Ramp。 Young CRM customer relationship management EPM Enterprise Project Management ERP enterprise resource planning ESA Enterprise Service Automation J2EE Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition OLAP online analytical processing PPM project portfolio management PSA professional services administration PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers Return to Top 169。s spinoff last August of its tool business as Sciforma. Its established PS Suite extends advanced planning, tracking and multiproject resource leveling via its Project Communicator (which includes Inform, Objects and Admin modules). Sciforma39。s offering — enhancing its 20xx acquisition of the XMLbased Account4 PSA technology — now features portfolio analysis, with consulting support from Answerthink. Its Service Automation PPM product directly supports SOP 981 reporting of application development costs with guidelines for expensing vs. capitalization. Version 39。Y). Since 2Q01, Evolve has increasingly marketed outside its initial professional services administration (PSA) niche. In addition to product development, the vendor has targeted IS anizations, especially with its Evolve 6 Portfolio Management version, which was released in late 20xx. In March, Evolve introduced its work request management solution, which is similar to that offered by PlanView and Changepoint. These capabilities were among the features that caused Primavera to acquire the chronically unprofitable Evolve for $13 million in March