<PAGE>
 
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 1996
                                    Registration No. 333-______

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ___________________________

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           ___________________________

                        WORKGROUP TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

<TABLE>
<S>                                   <C>
        Delaware                                      04-3153644
- -------------------------------         ------------------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Idintification No.)
 incorporation or organization)
</TABLE>

                     81 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, MA 02173
                     -------------------------------------
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                1996 STOCK PLAN
                                ---------------
                  1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                  --------------------------------------------
                       1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                       ---------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)
                           __________________________

                                JAMES M. CARNEY
                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                        Workgroup Technology Corporation
                                81 Hartwell Ave.
                              Lexington, MA  02173
                                 (617) 674-2000
            (Name, address including zip code and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)
                           ___________________________
                                    
                                   Copy to:
                             Andrew E. Taylor, Jr.
                        Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
                               High Street Tower
                                125 High Street
                               Boston, MA  02110
                                 (617) 248-7000

                     Total of Sequentially Numbered Pages:
                  Exhibit Index on Sequentially Numbered Page:

================================================================================
<PAGE>
 
                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
=============================================================================== 
 
                                                        Proposed     Proposed
                Title of                                Maximum       Maximum
               Securities                   Amount      Offering     Aggregate    Amount of
                 to be                      to be      Price Per     Offering    Registration
               Registered                 Registered     Share         Price         Fee
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
<S>                                       <C>         <C>           <C>          <C>
1996 STOCK PLAN
Common Stock,
$.01 par value                             2,850,125   $12.0625(1)  $34,379,633       $11,855
                                              38,625    25.75(2)        994,594           343
                                             111,250    15.625(2)     1,738,281           599
1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION
 PLAN
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
                                              55,000    12.0625(1)      663,438           229
 
                                              45,000    15.00(2)        675,000           233
1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
                                             350,000    12.0625(1)    4,221,875         1,456
 
 
TOTAL                                      3,450,000                                   14,715
 


===============================================================================
(1)  The price of $12.0625 per share, which is the average of the high and low
     prices reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July 25, 1996, is set
     forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule
     457(c) and is used only for those shares without a fixed exercise price.

(2)  All such shares are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options
     at fixed exercise prices. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), the aggregate
     offering price and the fees have been computed upon the basis of the price
     at which the options may be exercised.
     ==========================================================================
</TABLE>
                                       2
<PAGE>
 
                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


Item 1.  Plan Information.
         ---------------- 

     The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be
sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  In accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
         ----------------------------------------------------------- 

     The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be
sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b).  In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.


                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
         --------------------------------------- 

     The following documents filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement as of their respective
dates:

     (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          March 31, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act which contains
          audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996;
          and

     (b)  The section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to be
          Registered" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
          Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange
          Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on February 20, 1996,
          and incorporating by reference the information contained in the Form
          S-1.

                                       3
<PAGE>
 
     All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.
          ------------------------- 

     Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
          ------------------------------------- 

     Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
          ----------------------------------------- 

     The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation provide for indemnification of the
Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may
incur in such capacities.  In general, directors and officers are indemnified
with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe were unlawful.  Reference is made to the
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit
3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-00810 on Form S-1, as
amended.

     The Underwriting Agreement provides that the Underwriters are obligated,
under certain circumstances, to indemnify directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act.  Reference is made to the form of Underwriting
Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement No.
333-00810 on Form S-1, as amended.

     The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for the
benefit of its directors and certain of its officers.

Item 7.   Exemption From Registration Claimed.
          ----------------------------------- 

     Not applicable.

                                       4
<PAGE>
 
Item 8.  Exhibits
         --------

     Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
     -----------   ----------------------

     Exhibit 4.1  Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock of the
                  Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Registration
                  Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810) and incorporated
                  herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.2  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
                  Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Registration
                  Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810) and incorporated
                  herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.3  By-laws of the Registrant as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to
                  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-
                  00810) and incorporated herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.4  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to
                  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-
                  00810) and incorporated herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.5  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrollment/Authorization
                  Form (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 4.6  1996 Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant's
                  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810) and
                  incorporated herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.7  1996 Stock Plan Stock Option Agreement (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 4.8  1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit
                  10.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
                  No. 333-00810) and incorporated herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.9  1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan Stock Option
                  Agreement (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 5.1  Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 23.1  Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 23.2  Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included in
                   Exhibit 5.1).

     Exhibit 24.1  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to
                   this Registration Statement).

                                       5
<PAGE>
 
Item 9.  Undertakings.
         ------------ 

    (a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
               made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
                    the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                    after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or
                    the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                    individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
                    change in the information set forth in this Registration
                    Statement;

               (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the
                    plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
                    Registration Statement or any material change to such
                    information in this Registration Statement;

              provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
              apply if the information required to be included in a post-
              effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
              reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
              Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
              Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
              Registration Statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
               Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall
               be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
               securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
               at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
               thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
               amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (B)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered

                                       6
<PAGE>
 
herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    (C)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 of this
Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the questions whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.

                                       7
<PAGE>
 
                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant, Workgroup Technology Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Lexington,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 30th day of July, 1996.


                              Workgroup Technology Corporation



                              By: /s/ James M. Carney
                                 ----------------------
                                 James M. Carney
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, James
M. Carney and George R. McHorney his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                                       8
<PAGE>
 
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
 
         Signature                          Title                      Date
<S>                          <C>                                   <C>
 
                             
/s/ James M. Carney          President, Chief Executive            July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Officer and Director
James M. Carney              (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
/s/ George R. McHorney       Executive Vice President, Chief       July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Financial Officer and Treasurer
George R. McHorney           (Principal Financial and Accounting
                             Officer)
                              
/s/ Stephen J. Gaal          Director                              July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
Stephen J. Gaal
 
/s/ Shaun McConnon           Director                              July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  
Shaun McConnon
 
/s/ Ernest C. Parizeau       Director                              July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
Ernest C. Parizeau
</TABLE> 
 
 
 

                                       9
<PAGE>
 
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
 
                                                                   Sequentially
Exhibit                             Description of Exhibit         Numbered Page
- -------                             ----------------------         -------------
<S>                          <C>                                   <C>
Exhibit 4.1                  Specimen certificate representing
                             the Common Stock of the Registrant
                             (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.2                  Amended and Restated Certificate of
                             Incorporation of the Registrant
                             (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.3                  Amended and Restated By-laws of the
                             Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.4                  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                             (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.5                  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                             Enrollment/Authorization Form
                             (filed herewith).

Exhibit 4.6                  1996 Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit
                             10.2 to Registrant's Registration
                             Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
                             333-00810) and incorporated herein
                             by reference).

Exhibit 4.7                  1996 Stock Plan Stock Option
                             Agreement(filed herewith).

Exhibit 4.8                  1996 Non-Employee Director Stock
                             Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.9                  1996 Non-Employee Director Stock
                             Option Plan Stock Option Agreement
                             (filed herewith).

Exhibit 5.1                  Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz &
                             Thibeault, LLP (filed herewith).

Exhibit 23.1                 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                             (filed herewith).

Exhibit 23.2                 Consent of Testa, Hurwitz &
                             Thibeault, LLP (included in
                             Exhibit 5.1).

Exhibit 24.1                 Power of Attorney (included as part
                             of the signature page to this
                             Registration Statement).
 
</TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 1996
                                    Registration No. 333-______

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                           ___________________________

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           ___________________________

                        WORKGROUP TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware                                      04-3153644
- -------------------------------         ------------------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer Idintification No.)
 incorporation or organization)
81 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, MA 02173
                     -------------------------------------
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                1996 STOCK PLAN
                                ---------------
                  1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
                  --------------------------------------------
                       1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                       ---------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)
                           __________________________

                                JAMES M. CARNEY
                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                        Workgroup Technology Corporation
                                81 Hartwell Ave.
                              Lexington, MA  02173
                                 (617) 674-2000
            (Name, address including zip code and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)
                           ___________________________
                                    
                                   Copy to:
                             Andrew E. Taylor, Jr.
                        Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP
                               High Street Tower
                                125 High Street
                               Boston, MA  02110
                                 (617) 248-7000

                     Total of Sequentially Numbered Pages:
                  Exhibit Index on Sequentially Numbered Page:

================================================================================
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=============================================================================== 
 
                                                        Proposed     Proposed
                Title of                                Maximum       Maximum
               Securities                   Amount      Offering     Aggregate    Amount of
                 to be                      to be      Price Per     Offering    Registration
               Registered                 Registered     Share         Price         Fee
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1996 STOCK PLAN
Common Stock,
$.01 par value                             2,850,125   $12.0625(1)  $34,379,633       $11,855
                                              38,625    25.75(2)        994,594           343
                                             111,250    15.625(2)     1,738,281           599
1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION
 PLAN
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
                                              55,000    12.0625(1)      663,438           229
 
                                              45,000    15.00(2)        675,000           233
1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
                                             350,000    12.0625(1)    4,221,875         1,456
 
 
TOTAL                                      3,450,000                                   14,715
 

===============================================================================
(1)  The price of $12.0625 per share, which is the average of the high and low
     prices reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July 25, 1996, is set
     forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule
     457(c) and is used only for those shares without a fixed exercise price.

(2)  All such shares are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options
     at fixed exercise prices. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), the aggregate
     offering price and the fees have been computed upon the basis of the price
     at which the options may be exercised.
     ==========================================================================
2
PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.  Plan Information.
         ---------------- 

     The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be
sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  In accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
         ----------------------------------------------------------- 

     The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be
sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b).  In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
         --------------------------------------- 

     The following documents filed with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement as of their respective
dates:

     (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
          March 31, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act which contains
          audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996;
          and

     (b)  The section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to be
          Registered" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
          Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange
          Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on February 20, 1996,
          and incorporating by reference the information contained in the Form
          S-1.

                                       3
All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.
          ------------------------- 

     Not applicable.

Item 5.   Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
          ------------------------------------- 

     Not applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
          ----------------------------------------- 

     The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation provide for indemnification of the
Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may
incur in such capacities.  In general, directors and officers are indemnified
with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no
reasonable cause to believe were unlawful.  Reference is made to the
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit
3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-00810 on Form S-1, as
amended.

     The Underwriting Agreement provides that the Underwriters are obligated,
under certain circumstances, to indemnify directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act.  Reference is made to the form of Underwriting
Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement No.
333-00810 on Form S-1, as amended.

     The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for the
benefit of its directors and certain of its officers.

Item 7.   Exemption From Registration Claimed.
          ----------------------------------- 

     Not applicable.

                                       4
Item 8.  Exhibits
         --------

     Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
     -----------   ----------------------

     Exhibit 4.1  Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock of the
                  Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Registration
                  Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810) and incorporated
                  herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.2  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
                  Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Registration
                  Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810) and incorporated
                  herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.3  By-laws of the Registrant as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to
                  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-
                  00810) and incorporated herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.4  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to
                  Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-
                  00810) and incorporated herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.5  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrollment/Authorization
                  Form (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 4.6  1996 Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant's
                  Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810) and
                  incorporated herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.7  1996 Stock Plan Stock Option Agreement (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 4.8  1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit
                  10.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
                  No. 333-00810) and incorporated herein by reference).

     Exhibit 4.9  1996 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan Stock Option
                  Agreement (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 5.1  Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 23.1  Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (filed herewith).

     Exhibit 23.2  Consent of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP (included in
                   Exhibit 5.1).

     Exhibit 24.1  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to
                   this Registration Statement).

                                       5
Item 9.  Undertakings.
         ------------ 

    (a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
               made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
                    the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                    after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or
                    the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                    individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
                    change in the information set forth in this Registration
                    Statement;

               (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the
                    plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
                    Registration Statement or any material change to such
                    information in this Registration Statement;

              provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
              apply if the information required to be included in a post-
              effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
              reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
              Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
              Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
              Registration Statement.

          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
               Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall
               be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
               securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
               at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
               thereof.

          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
               amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
               unsold at the termination of the offering.

    (B)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered

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herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

    (C)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 of this
Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is,
therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the questions whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant, Workgroup Technology Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Lexington,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 30th day of July, 1996.

                              Workgroup Technology Corporation

                              By: /s/ James M. Carney
                                 ----------------------
                                 James M. Carney
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, James
M. Carney and George R. McHorney his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                          Title                      Date
/s/ James M. Carney          President, Chief Executive            July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Officer and Director
James M. Carney              (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
/s/ George R. McHorney       Executive Vice President, Chief       July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  Financial Officer and Treasurer
George R. McHorney           (Principal Financial and Accounting
                             Officer)
                              
/s/ Stephen J. Gaal          Director                              July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
Stephen J. Gaal
 
/s/ Shaun McConnon           Director                              July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------  
Shaun McConnon
 
/s/ Ernest C. Parizeau       Director                              July 30, 1996
- ---------------------------
Ernest C. Parizeau
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Sequentially
Exhibit                             Description of Exhibit         Numbered Page
- -------                             ----------------------         -------------
Exhibit 4.1                  Specimen certificate representing
                             the Common Stock of the Registrant
                             (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.2                  Amended and Restated Certificate of
                             Incorporation of the Registrant
                             (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.3                  Amended and Restated By-laws of the
                             Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.4                  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                             (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.5                  1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                             Enrollment/Authorization Form
                             (filed herewith).

Exhibit 4.6                  1996 Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit
                             10.2 to Registrant's Registration
                             Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
                             333-00810) and incorporated herein
                             by reference).

Exhibit 4.7                  1996 Stock Plan Stock Option
                             Agreement(filed herewith).

Exhibit 4.8                  1996 Non-Employee Director Stock
                             Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to
                             Registrant's Registration Statement
                             on Form S-1 (File No. 333-00810)
                             and incorporated herein by
                             reference).

Exhibit 4.9                  1996 Non-Employee Director Stock
                             Option Plan Stock Option Agreement
                             (filed herewith).

Exhibit 5.1                  Opinion of Testa, Hurwitz &
                             Thibeault, LLP (filed herewith).

Exhibit 23.1                 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
                             (filed herewith).

Exhibit 23.2                 Consent of Testa, Hurwitz &
                             Thibeault, LLP (included in
                             Exhibit 5.1).

Exhibit 24.1                 Power of Attorney (included as part
                             of the signature page to this
                             Registration Statement).