An Exploratory Study of the Influence of the IS Function and Organizational Context on Business Process Reengineering Project Initiatives

摘要

To help evaluate the risk of process reengineering failure and enhance the prospect of its success, three potential sources of influence on BPR initiatives and success are examined in this study. These include the innovative capacity of the organization, IS maturity and strategy-IS interface. It Was found that while factors related to IT maturity and influence such as experience in mainframe And client/server computing may facilitate the decision to reengineer, they are not critical in the Later stages of the initiative. On the other hand, factors having significant relationships beyond the Initial decision include variables pertaining to innovative capacity of the organization and strategy- IS interface.