What is the vision process named after Davenport and how does it help the systems analysis in developing MIS which can be related the organisational objectives?

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The Vision Process named after Davenport is Business Process Reengineering Davenport (1992) prescribes a five-step approach to the Business Process Reengineering model: 1. Develop the business vision and process objectives: The BPR method is driven by a business vision which implies specific business objectives such as cost reduction, time reduction, output quality improvement. 2. Identify the business processes to be redesigned: Most firms use the ‘high-impact’ approach which focuses on the most important processes or those that conflict most with the business vision. A lesser number of firms use the ‘exhaustive approach’ that attempts to identify all the processes within an organization and then prioritize them in order of redesign urgency. 3. Understand and measure the existing processes: To avoid the repeating of old mistakes and to provide a baseline for future improvements. 4. Identify IT levers: Awareness of IT capabilities can and should influence BPR. 5. Design and build a prototype of the new process: The actual design should not be viewd as the end of the BPR process. Rather, it should be viewed as a prototype, with successive iterations. The metaphor of prototype aligns the Business Process Reengineering approach with quick delivery of result, and the involvement and satisfaction of customers. As an additional 6th Step of the BPR method, sometimes you find: to adapt the organizational structure, and the governance model, towards the newly designed primary process.