【文章內容簡介】 cs. (See Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Applications: Perspective.) With a profitable quarter to end 2002 (based largely on PortfolioDirector momentum and cost cutting), Artemis continues to correct its cost structure after acquiring the bulk of its joint ventures worldwide. With continued strength in product revenue in Europe, any Artemis eback is likely to begin there.Another important portfolio analysis tool is ProSight, an innovative solution that entered the American market a few years ago. Using a partnering strategy that involved such vendors as Changepoint, Evolve, PeopleSoft and PlanView, the ProSight tool enabled vendors to extend their offerings. These partners have typically developed peting solutions. ProSight has deepened its tool, adding playbooks of dashboards, scorecards, pick lists and forms to target such procedures as IT servicelevel management, system retirement, project prioritization and IT inventory analysis.Other notable portfolio analysis tools e from Portfolio DecisionWare (an AXSOne/Tivity partner) and United Management Technologies, which has developed StratFrames. Both also offer consulting services as a major part of their businesses. In addition, ProSight has strategically partnered with Fujitsu Consulting for consulting services in the portfolio management space. Lawson Software and Changepoint have similar strategic partnerships with Deloitte amp。 Touche, and PeopleSoft has partnered with Cap Gemini Ernst amp。 Young (CGEamp。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 organizations, especially with its Evolve 6 Portfolio Management version, which was released in late 2002. 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 2003 (see Primavera to Acquire Evolve, Expand Project Management Line).In the IT and application management space, Kintana — slated for acquisition this quarter by Mercury Interactive — has rounded out its product line during the last 12 to 18 months, with demand, portfolio, project, program and time management tools grouped under the banner of IT Governance. At the same time, Rational39。s Project Console dashboard has gained traction in Rational39。s user base, although it falls short of being a PPM product.Along the same lines, PlanView has introduced a set of organizational governance processes called Prisms, which it has built into its PlanView Portfolio Management solution, which was launched at Gartner39。s Spring Symposium in March. The 11 Prisms are divided into three categories: investments, projects and service. They include a configurable, prepopulated database of attributes and stage gates for different initiatives (such as models for a business investment planning effort, a major development project or a production system support service).Similarly, Changepoint has pursued a vision blending IT portfolio management with resource and project planning and tracking, resulting in a partnership with Deloitte amp。 Touche marketing a CIO Portal. Now in , the Changepoint product has been rebuilt on .NET, with added Oracle database support, and it has been converted to Unicode for ease of translation (a Spanish language version has also been added). This, along with ongoing enhancement of its request management/help deskstyle features, has increased the proportion of Changepoint39。s internal corporate IT customers and prospects to more than 50 percent, while its pro