POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Faye

Alexander Nelson, located at 5846 Clearview Drive, Troy, Michigan 48098,
do
hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Thomas M. Costello, Jr.,
Daniel S.
Follis or Terri Trainor Clark, with offices at One Campus
Martius, Detroit,
Michigan 48226, my true and lawful attorney in fact,
for me and in my name,
place and stead to:

Execute my name to any
and all documents, forms
and reports ("Documents"), whether such
Documents are filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
electronically or otherwise, for
transactions in the securities of
Compuware Corporation.

In addition,
I hereby give and grant unto
my said attorney in fact, full power and
authority to do and perform
every act necessary, requisite or proper to be
done in and about the
premises as fully as I might or could do if I were
personally present,
with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby
ratifying and
confirming all that my said attorney shall lawfully do or
cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here
unto set my
hand this 25th day of October, 2005.

In presence of



/s/						/s/
Alice Schurrer					Faye Nelson
Witness					Signature


Subscribed and sworn to before me
This 25th day of October, 2005





/s/
Florence C. Vintevoghel
Notary Public
Acting
in Wayne
County,
State of Michigan

My Commission expires:
Dec. 14, 2007