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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Re-engineering team


Re-engineering team
 Strength of 5 to 10 people came from various functions involved in the
process.
 Must have thorough knowledge of the process / at least one part.
 No team can re-engineer more than one process a time.
 Requires good mix of insiders – team members – people external to
the process.
 Outsiders
o Do not work in the process
o Need to be good listeners & communicators
o Located at…
Inmates of engineering
Information system
Marketing departments
 Process owners is the client of re-engineering, not the poss.
 Team must feel comfortable with ambiguity.
 Team members must expect to make mistake & learn.


 Steering committee
 It is Optional aspect of re-engineering structure, chaired by the leader.
 A collection of senior managers & process owners.


 Re-engineering Expert
 Process owners & team – focuses on their re-engineering project.
 Leader – Look at right perspective.
 The expert serves as the leader is chief of staff for re-engineering.
 2 main functions…
 Enabling & supporting each individual process owner & reengineering
team
 Coordinating all ongoing re-engineering activities.
 Concerned with developing the infrastructure.


Business Processes
 Invisible & unnamed
 A set of activities performed across the organization creating an output
of value to the customer.
 Every process has a customers – external / internal
 Process execution – Data is Gathered – Processed – Stored
 The process execution…
 Receive input
 Measure / Analyses documents
 Perform, Process, Record, Access Data
 Produce result & Communicate


 Choosing the Processes to Re-engineer
 Criteria to make the choices to re-engineer
Based on dysfunction Which processes are in
grave trouble?
Based on Importance Greatest impact on the
company’s customer
Impact on External
customers
Price / Cost
Quality / Product Value
Based on feasibility Most sophisticated to
successful redesign
Scope – Greater payoff
– success may be driver
Cost
Commitment – the
strength of the
reengineering team &
the commitment of the
process owner.

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