BusinessGenetics Contracted by National Forest Service to Model Regulations

    DENVER--Oct. 11, 2001--Cedric Tyler, CEO of Englewood-based 
BusinessGenetics, today announced a contract for service by National 
Forest Service for BusinessGenetics to model several governmental laws 
and regulations.
    Federal laws and internal rules specify what the Forest Service 
must do, but rarely provide enough information for a forest manager or 
other government employee to know how to do what is required. In this 
engagement, BusinessGenetics will use its patent-pending modeling 
language xBML (eXtended Business Modeling Language) to:

    1. Model laws and rules, resulting in a multi-dimensional model
    defining the "to-be" state.

    2. Model existing processes, resulting in a multi-dimensional
    model defining the "as-is" state.

    3. Perform gap analysis between corresponding dimensions of the
    two models, providing information needed for organizational
    transformation.

    4. Perform costing studies on both models.

    xBML -- a recently launched business modeling language by 
BusinessGenetics -- is used for business planning, business 
understanding, business simplification and improvement, regulatory 
compliance, internal communication improvement, and software package 
selection.
    "Through the findings from BusinessGenetics’ research and analyses, 
the Forest Service will be in a better position to respond and 
implement all laws and regulations affecting this organization," said 
Thomas Hoekstra, director, Inventory and Monitoring Institute –- USDA 
Forest Service.
    xBML is a formal language, meaning that it is precise and 
unambiguous, so that models developed in xBML can be automatically 
transformed into specifications and designs for computer programs and 
databases. This precision results in models that can be used not only 
for understanding and communication, but also for developing surgically 
precise interventions and change.
    xBML can be used for the explicit purpose of understanding and 
changing key business processes and showing their connectivity to 
corporate strategy and corporate resources. Second, it can be used in a 
less explicit fashion in other types of consulting engagements as a 
tool for understanding the business and as an unambiguous documentation 
and communication tool. Finally, it can also be used as a "front end" 
language for UML (Unified Modeling Language) and XML (eXtensible Markup 
Language). The formal precision of xBML allows easy machine translation 
into these two important representations, resulting in quicker and more 
accurate development of requirements and specifications for computer 
systems.

    About BusinessGenetics

    Cedric Tyler and Steve Baker are co-founders of BusinessGenetics 
(www.businessgenetics.net), a Denver-based management-consulting firm 
providing consulting, training, and advisory services to Fortune 500 
clients around the world. BusinessGenetics launched xBML -– a precise 
business modeling language -- in March 2001. For more information, 
please visit www.businessgenetics.net.


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    CONTACT: BusinessGenetics, Englewood   
             Cedric Tyler, 720/266-1024             
             cedric@businessgenetics.net
                        or             
             CS&A Public Relations, Inc., Denver       
             Cynthia Storer, 303/573-7500                     
             cstorer@csapublicrelations.com     
                        or
             USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins
             Thomas W. Hoekstra, 970/295-5710
             Fax: 970/295-5885
             Mobile: 970/215-3755
             Email: thoekstra@fs.fed.us
             Institute web page: http://www.fs.fed.us/institute