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What is Business process analysis? Definition and explanations

Business process analysis examines how work actually gets done, to identify what slows it, repeats or gets lost: waiting time between steps, re-keying, redundant checks, unplanned exceptions. It relies on observation and data, not on the official procedure. It comes before any automation, otherwise you simply speed up a faulty way of working.

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Business process analysis examines how work actually gets done, to find what holds it back.

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