Wizdom Systems, Inc. Announces Book and Companion CD with Complete Methodology for Implementing Business Process Reengineering Projects

NAPERVILLE, IL, September 2,1999 --Wizdom Systems, Inc., a leader in Business Process Reengineering (BPR), today announced availability of its new book, BPR Wizdom: A Practical Guide to BPR Management.

This guide is unique in that it comes with a companion CD containing a documented BPR methodology that will lead you and your team through the steps necessary to implement successful BPR. Its "Introduction to Ring Thinking" is designed to clarify BPR approaches and prepare individuals and teams to act as change agents for their organization. It will help top managers identify their organizational goals, examine how the organization functions (or does not function!), and redesign their business processes to better achieve the identified goals.

"Virtually every company in the industrialized world is looking at the techniques of reengineering," says author Wisnosky, CEO and Chairman of Wizdom Systems, Inc. "This book is written for decision-makers; those men and women who lead huge manufacturing companies, own small businesses, run local firms, and manage government agencies and not-for-profit organizations. This book serves as an 'Everyman's Guide to Business Process Reengineering'."

In addition to the companion CD and step-by-step methodology, inside this book, you'll find:

• The four simple questions you must answer to start your BPR project
• How BPR started and how it relates to you
• An introduction to "ring thinking" - Assess, Design, and Implement
• The human factors that must be considered before you start your project
• How to manage your expectations and develop realistic goals
• A 'blueprint' on how to carry out a BPR project, from start to finish
• How to create, analyze and utilize process and activity models
• A BPR project case study

Available from its e-store at www.wizdomsystems.com, from Amazon.com, or directly from the company by calling Robin Davies at (630) 357-3000, x3084, Wizdom offers BPR Wizdom in three configurations:

1. BPR Wizdom with the Wizdom Methodology Navigator Viewer on companion CD-ROM sells for $24.95.
2. BPR Wizdom with the Wizdom Methodology Navigator and MinervaTM BPR Methodology on companion CD-ROM for $69.95.
3. BPR Wizdom with the Wizdom Methodology Navigator, the Minerva BPR Methodology, the Wizdom ProcessWorks!44 process modeling software, and the Wizdom DataWorks!300 data modeling software for $995.00

About Wizdom Systems, Inc.
Wizdom Systems, Inc. is a leader in Business Process Reengineering and Knowledge Management products and services. Pioneers in the field, they are best known for their practical experience helping hundreds of organizations improve their business processes and for being first in many areas of reengineering:

• First with a product to analyze organizational readiness for change.
• First with a documented BPR Methodology.
• First to integrate analysis tools with process modeling tools.
• First with a web-based project management tool.
• First with a web-based BPR repository.
• First with BPR methodology navigator software.

The Wizdom Methodology Navigator Viewer that comes with the book allows the user to electronically view the steps of the Wizdom Minerva BPR methodology. The full-featured Methodology Navigator, also available, allows the user to not only view the methodology but to modify it or create a customized methodology of the user's choice.

The Minerva Methodology is a 22-step approach to reengineering, complete with instructions, templates and worksheets.

Wizdom ProcessWorks!44 and DataWorks!300 are fully integrated activity and data modeling tools that map, define, and analyze complex processes and the information relationships that make them work.

Wizdom's headquarters is in Naperville, IL, with a National Capital office in Alexandria, VA.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jeannine Stehlin
Wizdom Systems, Inc.
(630) 357-3000 ext. 3014
www.wizdomsystems.com