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Best Practices in Business Process Reengineering - Benchmarking Report

Table of Contents


 

Overview

Survey participants listing

Executive summary

About the study and the participants

Processes being redesigned and processes targeted for reengineering

Business drivers for reengineering

Methodology

Start-up activities

Research and design activities - what companies would do differently

Benchmarking

Activities for generating ideas

Overall methodology - what works and what does not

What participants would do differently next time

How teams spent their time

Schedule achievement

Tools used by teams

Team selection

How to select a reengineering team

Top contributors to effective teams

Top inhibitors to successful teams

Training for teams

Co-location

Involvement of organized labor

Using consultants

Advice on selecting consultants

Business case and funding approval

Project approval processes

Criteria for receiving funding

Change management

Key change management activities

Change management activities of teams with very good or excellent results

Most effective communication methods

Communication techniques

Engaging top management

Most important contributions from top-managers

Level of sponsor support

The top-10 mistakes made by senior managers and executive-level sponsors

Implementation obstacles

Contributors to success during implementation

Impact on productivity

Amount of training required for employees

Benefits and results

Overall observations

Most critical "must-do" items

Most critical "must not do" items

What teams would do differently next time

Other words of advice from project teams

 

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