Reengineering, as the name implies, focuses on the design of work activities or processes: how the task is accomplished. It is like designing a circuit, examining the flows or sequences of activities from input to output in an attempt to eliminate inefficiencies, and improve productivity. Reengineering seeks to make all processes more efficient by combining, eliminating or restructuring tasks without regard to traditional methods: the way things have always been done around here. The idea is to gain a large or quantum leap in performance, improvements of 100 percent or more.