On the blog of Mart Muller we can read that Microsoft announced a new office product for manage and use scorecards and key performance indicators (KPI's), and perform deep analysis all within an intuitive, collaberative environment.
http://blogs.tamtam.nl/mart/MicrosoftOfficeMaestroNew
ServerbasedBusinessPerformanceManagementScorecardApplication.aspx
For more information see the article:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/office/factsheets/05-10MaestroFS.asp
I hope that this also will mean that the underlaying engine for development has gone through some changes. I have worked a lot with this engine and their are still some nasty issues there.
Lets hope and see :)