CAMBRIDGE, MA, Oct. 27, 2009 (Marketwire) --

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/27/09 -- Pegasystems Inc., (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in Business Process Management (BPM) software solutions, today announced new enhancements to the company's Project Management Framework (PMF), which enables users of its SmartBPM® solutions to let business priorities govern and drive best practices in BPM projects, and facilitate faster time-to-market in rolling out new BPM deployments.

The Pegasystems PMF also adds out-of-the-box support for organizations that utilize Scrum, agile development methodology on projects. This capability supports Pegasystems' BPM methodology to bolster business transformation projects from requirements through deployment, with tools for directly capturing business objectives, model-driven architecture, project management and testing, localization and accessibility, and optimization and health management.

The Pegasystems Project Management Framework is currently available. For more information, please visit www.pega.com/Products/project-management.asp.

Highlights / Key Facts:

• Manages projects small and large, from individual tasks to project suites -- Handle all the project elements for a managed, successful project -- from inception to deployment
• Project templates provide out-of-the-box support for Scrum and agile methods on SmartBPM and other projects -- Use agile methods for faster delivery, feedback and accurate tracking for the entire project
• Provides complete reporting on projects, tasks, and work progress -- Always have an up-to-date view of project status with no unpleasant surprises
• Closes loops with business objectives -- the benefit of using Scrum methodology in a model-driven environment is that no one needs to write software code. This also means a seamless environment for real-time changes, requirements, testing, and deployment

Supporting Quotes:

David Vidoni, Director of Product Management at Pegasystems:

"Our new Project Management Framework provides effective tools to manage and monitor projects in real-time.