This document discusses business process reengineering (BPR). It begins by defining BPR as the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical performance measures like cost, quality, service and speed. The document then outlines the key characteristics of BPR including that it aims for radical rather than incremental change and focuses on end customers and cross-functional processes. The rest of the document details the BPR life cycle and provides guidance on success factors, limitations and how to successfully implement BPR within an organization.