Comparison guide
A redesigned process can still fail if the same role can override it without reviewing operational or capacity evidence.
Process work changes tasks and handoffs. IVA records who may approve exceptions and which evidence must be reviewed before the process changes again.
IVA vs process reengineeringWorkflowDecision authority
What this page answers
Process reengineering changes how work flows. IVA examines the value standing and decision authority that can keep bending the redesigned process back into the old structure.
Flow improvement and structural standing.
| Question | Process reengineering | IVA |
|---|---|---|
| Primary question | How should work be routed? | Which value and authority rules determine whether work is approved and completed? |
| Typical unit | Task, workflow, handoff, cycle, defect, throughput | Structural position, ledger, evidence, authority, event, and decision |
| Failure mode | Inefficient or unreliable flow | One domain can override the conditions the redesigned flow requires |
| Durability | The improved process is implemented and maintained | The architecture gives the process's operational and capacity conditions standing against later subordination |
Use process improvement for tasks and handoffs, and IVA for evidence, exceptions, authority, and cross-domain records.
IVA does not replace Lean, process mapping, quality improvement, or reengineering. It records operational reliability and capacity separately and requires those records to be reviewed before financial, executive, compliance, or technical pressure overrides the redesigned process.