Software Methods for Business Reengineering [Paperback]

An approach to reorganising businesses using software engineering as a guiding paradigm. The author argues that software engineering provides both the necessary analytical expertise as well as the tools to transform process descriptions to support systems. He begins by introducing the necessary concepts, principles and practice before demonstrating how a business can define and construct the information base required. As a result, any manager or technically-minded person will learn here how to implement the reengineering of a business.It is said that business re-engineering is part of our transition to a post-industrial society. The purpose of this book is to present an approach to how to reorganize businesses using the discipline of software engineering as a guiding paradigm. The author's thesis is that software engineering provides the necessary analytical expertise for defining business processes and the tools to transform process descriptions to support systems.
The author begins by introducing the concepts and needs for business reengineering and principles and practice of software engineering. He then shows how by concentrating on processes, a business can define the information base required and how it is to be constructed. As a result, any manager or technically-minded person will learn how to implement the reengineering of a business.I. What is Business Reengineering.- 1. The Established and the Reengineered.- 2. Business Reengineering is Not New.- 3. The Purpose of Reengineering.- 4. Steps in the Reengineering Effort.- 5. Making the Most of Human Resources.- 6. The Nature of a Process.- II. What is Software Engineering.- 7. Engineering Principles in Software Development.- 8. Classifications of Software.- 9. Modularization and Requirements Engineering.- 10. Software Quality Attributes.- 11. The Software Development Process.- 12. Software Cost and Risk Estimation.- III. Business Analysis.- 13. Analysis of Business Activities.- 14. Individual Intervl"