process reengineering


process reengineering

[‚prä′səs ‚rē‚en·jə′nir·iŋ] (systems engineering) The study, capture, and modification of the internal mechanisms or functionality of an existing process or systems-engineering life cycle in order to reconstitute it in a new form and with new functional and nonfunctional features, often to take advantage of newly emerged or desired organizational or technological capabilities without changing the inherent purpose of the process that is being reengineered.