Look up: reengineering

1. Reengineering
   The process of examining and altering an existing system to reconstitute it in a new form. May include reverse engineering (analyzing a system and producing a representation at a higher level of abstraction, such as design from code), restructuring (transforming a system from one representation to another at the same level of abstraction), recommendation (analyzing a system and producing user and support documentation), forward engineering (using software products derived from an existing system, together with new requirements, to produce a new system), and translation (transforming source code from one language to another or from one version of a language to another).
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2. Reengineering
   is a new management technique that examines the whole work process rather each individual task. This technique has profound implications for environmental management
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3. reengineering
   redesign of an application in order to meet altered functional specifications Category: General
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4. Reengineering
   [software] The reengineering of software was described by Chikofsky and Cross in their 1990 paper, as "The examination and alteration of a system to reconstitute it in a new form". Less formally, reengineering is the modification of a software system that takes place after it has been revers...
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5. Reengineering
   A term popularized by management consultant Michael Hammer, which refers to radically redesigning processes to improve efficiency and service.
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