Naperville, IL, June 29, 2001, Virtually every corporation in the industrialized world is looking at the techniques for improving the way they do business. The great myth is that improving or “reengineering” a business cannot work without the objectivity of an outside consultant.

But what many managers and decision-makers should know is that they can recreate their business from the ground up, creating an organization of the highest quality, at the lowest cost, while improving response time – without hiring expensive consultants. All they need are clear directions and a tried-and-true roadmap from someone who’s done it before. This roadmap is in BPR Wizdom: A Practical Guide to BPR Project Management by Business Process Reengineering expert Dennis E. Wisnosky and BPR project leader Rita C. Feeney.

An expanded and updated second edition, BPR Wizdom, is a comprehensive guide tailored to beginner and experienced BPR project managers who want to get a new improvement project off the ground. With its clear, concise and often entertaining real-world examples, readers will learn how to achieve their true organizational goals, examine how their organization truly functions, (or doesn’t), and then design a direct course of action for realizing those goals. Following the book’s step-by-step instructions, illustrations, examples and tip-giving sidebars, readers will learn the four simple questions you must answer to start your BPR project, the human factors that must be considered, and how to manage expectations and develop realistic goals. The book comes with a companion CD Rom which provides a template for starting a BPR Project. As an added bonus, BPR Wizdom includes an introductory chapter, “Performance Planning and Execution” by Jan Beckett.

Dennis E. Wisnosky, founder and CEO of Wizdom Systems, Inc., has published over 100 papers in the fields of management, CAD/CAM, electronics, computer science and CIM. His contributions to Business Process Reengineering began with its conceptual foundation in the 1970's, when he founded and managed the U.S. Air Force's Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing program. Recognition for his pioneering work includes the International Engineer of the Year Award, testimony before the U.S. House and Senate on productivity and quality of work life issues, Crain's Illinois Business High Tech Entrepreneur Award, California State University's Medallion of Distinction lifetime achievement award and the USAF Meritorious Civilian Service Award. In May of 1997, Wisnosky was recognized by Fortune Magazine as "One of the Five Heroes of Manufacturing."

Rita C. Feeney has over fifteen years experience conducting, facilitating and managing full life-cycle Change Management and BPR efforts across a wide variety of business areas for both government and private industry. Ms. Feeney was the principal author of Wizdom’s Minerva, one of the first documented BPR methodologies.

Jan Beckett is an executive consultant to government organizations, specializing in performance management. She co-owns and operates Beckett Consulting, which has been producing results for government organizations since 1991.