Released on = July 11, 2007, 8:08 pm

Press Release Author = Tom Termini/Bluedog

Industry = Government

Press Release Summary = Federal information technology (IT) projects are failing at
an alarming rate, and Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are being held accountable.
A software solution Bluedog offers to government agencies, Workbench, mitigates
CIOs\' risk by providing real-time bottom-up accountability on progress towards
goals.

Bluedog, a suburban Washington DC software development firm, has upgraded its
balanced scorecard/earned value management on-line tool, Workbench, with a knowledge
management module, to help federal CIOs and others stem the tide of low IT project
success rates.

Press Release Body = OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

To Help Stave Off IT Project Disasters at Federal Agencies, An Improved Balanced
Scorecard/EVM Solution

Washington DC -- July 12, 2007 -- Federal information technology (IT) projects are
failing at an alarming rate, and Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are being held
accountable. A software solution Bluedog offers to government agencies, Workbench,
mitigates CIOs\' risk by providing real-time bottom-up accountability on progress
towards goals.

Bluedog, a suburban Washington DC software development firm, has upgraded its
balanced scorecard/earned value management on-line tool, Workbench, with a knowledge
management module, to help federal CIOs and others stem the tide of low IT project
success rates.

Workbench is an earned value management/balanced scorecard tool that allows CIOs and
other decision makers to get real time information on project and team activities,
based on user-provided reporting and automated metrics. Bluedog has released the
next version, which has new knowledge management capabilities to boost value in
capturing organizational knowledge.

Setting staff goals in the Balanced Scorecard module, and tracking progress towards
those goals, can help satisfy some requirements of the Clinger-Cohen Act. Another
use of the tool is as part of a portfolio management approach to organization-wide
project aggregation.

Bluedog applied our services oriented architecture expertise in the design of
Workbench (if you google \"tom termini soa\" you will find more in that vein). We
approached the implementation of Workbench to satisfy CMMI level 2 and ISO9001 IT
project management processes. We\'ve since been addressing work flow issues to help
customers benefit from ITIL process definition -- Workbench provides the automated
environment to facilitate quality control via these definitions.

\"Having beein in state and federal government for over 10 years, I\'ve seen many
projects fail because of lack of communication and poor oversight. Bluedog\'s web
based solution solves many issues and I was wowed by the depth of data captured by
Workbench. I found its intuitive browser interface makes reporting easy,\" said
Carlos Acosta, US Department of Justice.

Bluedog has had successful engagements at the U.S. Department of Justice, National
Archives, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pricing starts at $75 per user
per month as a hosted version, and startng at $35,000 for a turn-key server
appliance version.

Bluedog Inc. (US) / Bluedog Ltd. (Ireland) has been providing knowledge worker
applications since 1998. With expertise in services oriented architecture, web
services, portals and other enterprise Java technologies, our team of talented
technologists have helped U.S. federal agencies and commercial concerns by crafting
innovative web-based tools.

Contact:
Tom Termini
direct tel 301-649-5000
termini@bluedog.net
http://www.bluedog.net

Image#1: Workbench\'s dashboard views sum up real-time activity for clear decision
making.
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Image#3: Bluedog\'s managing director, Tom Termini.
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Bluedog Inc. (US)
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 860
Silver Spring Md 20910
tel 301-637-6989
fax 301-576-3715

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Web Site = http://www.bluedog.net

Contact Details = Tom Termini
direct tel 301-649-5000
termini@bluedog.net
http://www.bluedog.net
Bluedog Inc. (US)
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 860
Silver Spring Md 20910
tel 301-637-6989
fax 301-576-3715