The traditional definition of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is
"the fundamental rethinking and the radical redesign of business processes
to achieve dramatic breakthrough performance within a business."
The concept of implementing fundamental change to essential functionality
within an organization is the philosophy behind the AITS methodology.
AITS utilizes a five-phase BPR methodology to re-align business
processes to core process improvement principles.
The five phases are:
BPR Preparation - Comprised of all startup and planning activities.
BPR Requirements Identification - Consists of facilitated
working sessions, stakeholder modeling, performance measurement
benchmarking, and "as-is" modeling.
BPR Vision - Comprises all activities related to work flow
analysis, cycle time analysis, value-added activities, improvement
opportunities, and candidate solution definition.
Business Solution - Analysts to determine correct solutions
based on organizational core principles and develop "to-be"
process and data models.
Business Transformation - Activities such as defining correct
skill sets, defining training requirements, redrawing the
organization, specifying changes, piloting new processes,
defining IT system descriptions, and refining details
to the stakeholders.
AITS helps organizations make educated decisions based on
metrics and data analysis. Once solutions are implemented, those outcomes
are tracked to measure success. Expectations are managed and risks are
mitigated through detailed analysis. Measurable processes allow stakeholders
to know the goal of the BPR effort and the boundaries that define success.