January 31, 2006

PRODUCTPATH ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE TO ENABLE END-USER-DRIVEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Vancouver, BC, January 31, 2006 - ProductPath Software announced today the release of its flagship ProductPath Server software, a highly specialized web-based collaboration software designed to capture, validate, and prioritize end-user feature ideas and suggestions and incorporate the data into software development cycles.

The ProductPath Server is designed for software development teams to help overcome the challenges of gathering, validating and prioritizing end-user requirements. The benefits include reduced software re-work and the prevention of late delivery and development cost overruns.

James Dizon, Director of ProductPath, says “Engaging end-users to validate and prioritize requirements normally takes a lot of time as well as people and financial resources – which most software teams have little of. So, this critical work is either done on a limited basis or not at all. Typical results are budget overruns, significant delays in project delivery, and un-met end-user requirements. The ProductPath Server provides tools to help avoid all that.”

The ProductPath solution captures detailed feedback through easy-to-use online portals where end-users can give both quantitative and qualitative input within the same environment. In addition to standard ranking of feature ideas and requirements, the ProductPath Server also provides “Relative Priority” rankings, the prioritization of individual features and requirements in relation to others. This relative prioritization is important as nearly all software projects are time and budget-constrained.

The ProductPath Server also provides built-in reports a software team can use to spot trends and patterns in end-user needs and expectations. With the ProductPath Server, software teams can quickly and easily gather empirical data to help ensure its projects will be on time, on budget and meet end-user requirements.

Availability and Pricing
The ProductPath Server is available immediately and is sold as subscription-based licensed software for purchase.

About ProductPath Software
ProductPath is a provider of end-user and customer needs management software that enables software development teams to cost-effectively capture, validate and prioritize requirements from a large representative group of end-users, and incorporate the data into the critical early stages of the software development cycle. With the ProductPath Server, a company can align its software development with end-user needs and expectations; the resulting benefits are reduced development costs, shortened development cycles and overall project success.