product reengineering

product reengineering

[‚präd·əkt ‚rē‚en′jə′nir·iŋ] (systems engineering) The study, capture, and modification of the internal mechanisms or functionality of an existing system or product in order to reconstitute it in a new form with new features, often to take advantage of newly emerged technologies without major change to the inherent functionality and purpose of the system.