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Andreas Widmer, CEO
OTF Group
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awidmer@otfgroup.com

OTF Group Announces the Release of the StrategyBUILDER™ Survey Manager -Version 1.3

MS Office™ Integrated Business Strategy Software Accessible on Web and Desktop

Watertown, Mass. - September 3, 2002 - As part of their ongoing efforts to make business strategy and customer information available to businesses quickly and affordably, OTF Group has released version 1.3 of its flagship software StrategyBUILDER ™with a new Survey Analysis module. StrategyBUILDER™, a revolutionary business strategy software application currently available in three languages (English, Spanish, and Portuguese), enables clients around the world to quickly and easily gather and analyze customer data.

Survey Manager provides a survey design interface that allows surveys to be built and administered within days rather than months. Now Survey Manager's Analysis application provides the tools to do complex survey analysis tasks in just minutes.

The key features of this powerful tool are:

Ms Office™ Integration: Fully integrated with Microsoft Office™, StrategyBUILDER enables users to move survey results into Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Using a simple desktop interface, Survey Manager's Analysis application allows users to choose cross-tabbing questions and return a tabbed Excel worksheet with relevant tables and graphs for every question and matrix. After reviewing the graphical survey results, users can easily copy and paste the most appropriate charts into PowerPoint presentations or Word documents.

Brings Web Results to Your Desktop: XML survey metadata and results data are exported from OTF Group's Survey Manager server, downloaded and saved on the user's desktop for fast, easy access.

Localized in Three Languages: Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, StrategyBUILDER™ allows users to communicate easily with customers and gather data in three major languages.

Analysis Capabilities: Survey Manager - Analyzer's sophisticated analysis capabilities automatically perform advanced statistical significance tests (chi-square and ANOVA) and cross tabbing. Results are presented to the user in Excel graphs and tables, and can be easily copied to PowerPoint and Word.

Saves Time and Money: StrategyBUILDER provides businesses with the tools they need to save time and save money while gathering critical customer data.

For more information on StrategyBUILDER or Survey Manager - Analyzer, please contact Andreas Widmer at awidmer@otfgroup.com.

About OTF Group, Inc.

OTF Group is the thought leader on competitiveness in developing economies and emerging markets, with over 25 years experience in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Using their unique philosophy and methodologies, the team at OTF Group advises developing companies, regions and nations to become more competitive by improving strategy, encouraging innovation, and increasing productivity.

OTF Group is also a software development company leveraging technology to support its Country Competitiveness™ and Strategy Coaching™ practices. StrategyBUILDER, OTF Group's revolutionary business software application, allows users to gather critical customer data - quickly and affordably.

OTF Group is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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OTF Group, Inc. and StrategyBUILDER are registered trademarks of OTF Group, Inc.