COGNITIVE TECHNOLOGIES PROMOTES NEW PERFORMANCE TOOLS

June 7, 2004 – Increase the return on investment from your performance analysis projects by using tools that address all aspects of human performance. Existing performance analysis tools ignore important influences including technology and work process, each of which is critical to the performance of today’s knowledge workers.

On May 24, Dr. Karen McGraw, President of Cognitive Technologies and a managing partner in Outcome Systems participated in the launch of Performance DNA, at ASTD’s annual conference in Washington DC. Performance DNA is a comprehensive set of cutting edge HPI analysis tools developed by Outcome Systems in conjunction with ASTD. “Human performance improvement has been my life long passion. I am delighted to have been able to work with Dr. Paul Elliott, Mason Holloway, and Dennis Mankin in the development of these next-generation performance analysis tools,” said Dr. McGraw. The Performance DNA toolkit is now available through ASTD. Outcome Systems will release an electronic version in late fall 2004.

ASTD is a leading association of workplace learning and performance professionals, forming a world-class community of practice. ASTD’s 70,000 members and associates come from more than 100 countries and thousands of organizations – multinational corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, government, academia, consulting firms, and product and service suppliers. Outcome Systems is a new firm dedicated to the development of online tools to enhance the analyst’s ability to produce better business results through the improvement of human performance.

For over 15 years, Cognitive Technologies has been delivering hands on solutions and services to assure the business success of large-scale projects – one project at a time. We rescue, turn around, and manage mission-critical technology and human capital projects for Fortune 1000 and government clients. Whether you are just starting, nearing completion, or facing the challenge of turning around a troubled project, you can count on Cognitive Technologies for expert knowledge and reliable results.

For more information about this topic, call Karen McGraw at 770-551-8205 or e-mail Karen at kmcgraw@cognitive-technologies.com, or visit www.cognitive-technologies.com.