HumanConcepts Announces the Release of OrgPlus® 5 and OrgPlus Enterprise™

OrgPlus Delivers a Host of New Features and Functionality That Make Planning and Communicating Organisational Structure and Change Easier than Ever

Willich, Deutschland, 21st February, 2005 - HumanConcepts, developer of OrgPlus, the industry standard software for organisational charting, today announced the availability of the German versions of OrgPlus 5 and OrgPlus Enterprise. OrgPlus 5 completely automates the task of creating and distributing organisational charts and introduces important new features for organisational modelling and planning. OrgPlus Enterprise is a server-based solution for communicating organisational charts and other corporate directory information securely, in real-time. Together, the newest solutions from OrgPlus provide a complete solution for communicating with employees and planning around organisational structure and change.

With OrgPlus 5, organisations can create and distribute organisational charts automatically, empowering employees with a sense of context and a better understanding of their organisations. Managers use OrgPlus to create scenarios for the future and to support organisational structuring and resourcing decisions. Having an up to date organisation chart enables a business to respond quickly to changing market conditions and opportunities.

OrgPlus Enterprise integrates seamlessly into any intranet environment, allowing employees secure, role-based access to corporate organisational charts or directories using a web browser. It integrates seamlessly with OrgPlus 5 to create a dynamic environment for scenario planning and modelling.

"OrgPlus 5 and OrgPlus Enterprise help organisations align their workforce with their strategic objectives," said HumanConcepts' CEO, Martin Sacks. "Managers can easily understand how their workforce is deployed andhave a collaborative tool for reacting to changing market conditions and opportunities. OrgPlus is an essential tool for the dynamic organisation."

Lear Corporation, the world's largest automotive interior systems suppliers, agrees that having instant access to team information and workflow provides them with an advantage in the market.

"OrgPlus provides us with a visual and dynamic way to view our organisation - and it ties in extremely well with our PeopleSoft applications," said Greg Ruvolo, LearNet webmaster at Lear Corporation. "As our company standard for organisational charting, OrgPlus facilitates better company-wide communication and provides management with business critical information necessary for improved workforce planning and organisational decision making. This birds-eye view, in turn, gives us a competitive edge."

Among the new features in OrgPlus 5 are the following:

• Conditional Formatting - Format or group any boxes in a chart based on data contained within the box, making trends and people easier to find.
• Sub-charting - Automatically break large charts into more manageable sub-charts.
• Directories - Easily search and add information.
• Multiple chart views - Create multiple customised views of your organisation to see your data from different perspectives.
• With new reporting, analysis and enhanced organisational modelling functionality, OrgPlus is rapidly becoming the preferred tool for organisations to collaborate and plan for organisational and staffing changes.

OrgPlus Enterprise benefits include:

• Organisational charts on-demand: OrgPlus Enterprise connects directly to any database, including PeopleSoft and SAP andcreates charts on-demand in a web browser. If desired, any changes made to the data are reflected in your charts in real-time.
• Drill-up and down capabilities: There is no better way for employees or managers to understand the company, their department and their mission than having the ability to navigate and explore the organisation.
• View reports, profiles, directories and more: Increase productivity and save money with up-to-the minute corporate directories, reports and profiles for any person, department or the entire company.
• Secure access to chart data: OrgPlus Enterprise's role-based and field-level security ensure authorised access to company information. OrgPlus Enterprise integrates seamlessly with existing security systems, enabling Single Sign On (SSO), so there is no need to recreate existing security settings.
• Integrates with OrgPlus 5 for dynamic scenario planning: From within OrgPlus Enterprise you can download any chart into OrgPlus 5, which provides a robust environment for planning, modelling and analysis.

About HumanConcepts
HumanConcepts (www.humanconcepts.com) provides industry leading software for managing organisational change and supporting critical business decisions. HumanConcepts is privately owned and based in Sausalito, California, with branch offices in the United Kingdom and Germany. The company distributes its products worldwide andmaintains partner relationships in 15 different countries. Its products are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Korean and Chinese languages.

OrgPlus technology is in use by millions of users worldwide-both as a standalone product and in a limited version as part of the Microsoft Office Suite. OrgPlus has been chosen by over 400 of the Fortune 500 companies. Based on knowledge shared by thousands of OrgPlus users, HumanConcepts defines methodologies for organisational charting best practices that are embraced everyday by companies worldwide.