Skipping strategic alignment and collaboration in integration projects can lead to cost blowouts, misaligned outcomes, and solutions that fail to support business objectives. Successfully transforming a vision into a functioning prototype requires aligning behaviours, cross-functional collaboration, and a strong link between business goals and technical delivery. This guide outlines a practical, phased approach to integration design and build so that each decision contributes to a solution with measurable operational value.

For your business to adapt (or pivot) as market forces demand, you must be able to change your processes quickly. Your core systems generally stay intact, but how you use those core systems might need adjusting. You may also need to adjust how those systems interact with each other or with external systems.

Gaining control and visibility over workforce processes has become imperative for modern businesses. 

Integration is the key to unlocking profitability, differentiation, and separation from your competition. In fact, integration in today’s business world is far more important than any solitary application in your entire architecture.