Th. Davenport et Db. Stoddard, REENGINEERING - BUSINESS CHANGE OF MYTHIC PROPORTIONS, Management information systems quarterly, 18(2), 1994, pp. 121-127
Reengineering is a powerful change approach that can bring about radic
al improvements in business processes. However, the popular management
literature has created more myth than practical methodology regarding
reengineering. It has relied more heavily on hype than on research, c
ommon sense, or lessons of the past. In this paper, we attempt to ''de
mythologize'' some key aspects of reengineering by describing what we
have observed in our research and Practice. Seven reengineering myths
are identified, discussed, and dispelled. By separating rhetoric from
reality, we hope to help others to have reasonable expectations for su
ccess with their reengineering initiatives.