AFLAC Selects Primavera Project Management Software to Maximize Project Portfolio and Resource Management.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2002 Primavera pri·ma·ve·ra 1 or pri·ma ve·ra n. 1. A tree (Cybistax donnellsmithii) of Mexico and Guatemala, having opposite, palmately compound leaves, yellow flowers, and close-grained, light-colored wood. 2. Systems, Inc., the leading provider of project management software, announced that American Family American Family is a photographic artwork exhibition by Renée Cox. See also
AFLAC American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus AFLAC Apologies For Lack of Audi Content (Audi listservs) ), Columbus, Ga., has recently standardized on Primavera TeamPlay(R) for enterprise project management. Primavera TeamPlay will provide AFLAC with the ability to align IT and business expectations by proactively managing its portfolio of IT projects and resources. "The purchase of Primavera TeamPlay was driven by the rapid and significant growth that AFLAC has been experiencing, which created the need to step up our capabilities for forecasting and prioritizing projects," said AFLAC's Joseph E. Weider, Director, Center of Excellence, Project Management Office. "Using TeamPlay, we can visualize which projects will move forward and which won't, so we can make better-informed decisions on how to best allocate resource capital and human assets. The result is a better alignment of project initiatives with our vision." Primavera TeamPlay is enterprise project management software for ensuring successful and repeatable IT and software projects. It delivers the combined capabilities of managing projects, building and using standard methodologies, and efficiently leveraging resources to help companies minimize project life cycles and deliver consistently successful project results. "There comes a point when you can no longer track multiple projects in your mind," said Weider. "We needed a project management strategy that would allow us to manage our entire portfolio of projects." An integrated solution with web-enabled, client/server, and desktop software, Primavera TeamPlay provides role-specific capabilities to satisfy each team member's needs, responsibilities and skills. It delivers comprehensive information on all the projects in the organization, from executive-level summaries to detailed work assignments for each team member. "We are pleased that AFLAC has chosen Primavera TeamPlay to achieve its project and portfolio management goals," said Richard K. Faris, president of Primavera. He added, "With Primavera TeamPlay, AFLAC will benefit from a reliable project management solution that supports the company's rapid growth and helps them reach maturity in their use of project management." About AFLAC AFLAC Incorporated is an international holding company. A Fortune 500 company, AFLAC insures more than 40 million people worldwide. It is the leading writer of supplemental insurance marketed at the worksite, offering policies to employees at more than 200,000 payroll accounts in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . AFLAC is the largest foreign insurer in Japan, insuring one out of four Japanese households. In January 2001, AFLAC was included in Fortune magazine's list of "The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America" for the third consecutive year. In February 2001, Fortune magazine also named AFLAC as the fifth most admired company in the life and health insurance sector in its annual listing of "America's Most Admired Companies A yearly publication by Fortune Magazine, America's Most Admired Companies consists of corporations that are highly esteemed by the likes of Business Executives, Directors, and Analysts. A survey is taken of close to 3300 professionals who give their opinions on the companies. ." Additionally, AFLAC is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and has received an "A+ (Superior)" rating from A.M. Best. AFLAC's Internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. is www.aflac.com. About Primavera Systems, Inc. Founded in 1983, Primavera Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of project management, control and execution software and services. Primavera's innovative solutions help more than 40,000 companies around the world achieve business success through project success. Primavera products maximize return on investment by speeding time to market, establishing best practices, assessing risk and providing project visibility to all participants, from executives to team members. The company serves a broad range of industries, including aerospace and defense, automotive, chemical processing, construction, energy, engineering, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, software development, technology, telecommunications and utilities. Primavera is headquartered in Philadelphia (Bala Cynwyd), Pennsylvania, with offices in Chicago, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and London. Visit Primavera at http://www.primavera.com Primavera, the Primavera Sundial sundial, instrument that indicates the time of day by the shadow, cast on a surface marked to show hours or fractions of hours, of an object on which the sun's rays fall. , and Primavera TeamPlay are registered trademarks of Primavera Systems, Inc. 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