【正文】 ation development costs with guidelines for expensing vs. capitalization. Version 39。D, which has yielded a Microsoft Project 2003 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。 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 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。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。 Touche, and PeopleSoft has partnered with Cap Gemini Ernst amp。 PortfolioDirector (see Artemis PortfolioDirector for Managing IT Investments), which has been a bright spot for Artemis in recent years as the pany has struggled to put its financial challenges behind it.Note 2 PPM Processes for Application Support A PPM application addresses most of the nine processes defined by the Project Management Institute39。s portal approach enables simpler user configurations than previous releases and also features a native Enterprise Dashboard, with hundreds of Clevel stored procedures, including many for portfolio reporting. Previously focused on IBM39。 it acquired Rational Software last year, as well as PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Consulting, including its Summit Ascendant product line, which features tools, IT process support and project management methodology.More directly in the PPM space, IBM has invested in Systemcorp and has assisted in the development of Systemcorp39。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 2002 Project/Resource Management Magic Quadrant), application vendors from other areas have also been entering the market and contributing to growth in this space. Since 3Q