SAN FRANCISCO, CA — March 17, 2009 — Pivotal Labs, a leading consultancy in agile software development, announced that Pivotal Tracker was honored with the 2008 Jolt Product Excellence Award, one of the most coveted prizes in the software development industry, in the highly competitive Project Management category.
Pivotal Tracker is a web application used by developers and product managers to plan and track their projects. Tracker allows teams to respond to change quickly and with greater transparency by answering two key questions on any project: "Are we on track?" and, "What's the most important thing to work on next?" Created initially for internal use, Pivotal Labs released the product in 2008 as a tool for anyone to use, on an unlimited number of projects. There's no installation, configuration or administration required.
"We were pleased to see how the agile methods we have followed and espoused for nearly a decade have become mainstream and central to an event like SD West, and to the Jolt Awards," said Ian McFarland, VP Technology at Pivotal Labs, Inc., maker of Pivotal Tracker. "Agile-oriented tools dominated the Project Management category. We're honored that the judges saw our approach as innovative, and chose to present us with this prestigious award."
The Jolt Awards recognize those products that have jolted the industry with their significance and made the task of creating software faster, easier, and more efficient. Winners are selected from among hundreds of qualified nominations by an esteemed panel of judges consisting of industry insiders, columnists, and technology leaders.
"This year was a remarkably exciting year for the Jolt Awards because there were so many strong contenders in every category," said Amber Ankerholz, SD West conference manager. "Pivotal Lab's selection in the project management tool category puts it among an elite group of software development innovators."
The Jolt Awards are presented by SD West and sponsored by Jolt Energy drinks. A complete list of the 19th annual Jolt Award winners is available at http://www.joltawards.com.
Pivotal Labs (http://www.pivotallabs.com) is a software consultancy that leverages agile software development practices to provide quick, reliable business results. Pivotal helps teams produce value faster, with higher quality, greater reliability and predictability, and less waste. Pivotal development practices have powered some of the most innovative companies in today's market, including Twitter, Salesforce, Urban Dictionary, and Best Buy. Pivotal's technical expertise ranges from development of consumer web applications to enterprise automation. Whether using Ruby on Rails or Java, and from Mobile devices to cloud-based computing, Pivotal's development team of more than 50 engineers are ready to execute immediately on product vision, enabling companies to scale their businesses to meet rapidly increasing demand. Founded in 1989 with offices in San Francisco and New York, Pivotal Labs is a privately held company.
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