Much of this book is intended to help you with your strategy. So, if you just wish to get a high-level understanding, a copy of the software is not strictly essential. If you intend to delve a little deeper, you will need a current Microsoft Windows platform with ProVision? Enterprise Edition 6.2 or later. Most modern computers will have sufficient memory and speed to run the application. If your organization has Knowledge Exchange? 6.2, that is a bonus but not essential to get value from the book. It is also useful to have Microsoft Excel.