Breakthrough: 5 Reasons why System Integration Fails (Be Amazed by #3)

5 REASONS WHY SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONS FAIL.

System integration initiatives are difficult, and as many as 70% fail to meet their objectives. Consider some of the primary reasons why these projects may go over budget and over time before you begin.

-?????????????LACK OF BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT

Do not be tempted to believe that software systems integration is an IT project just because all of the systems exist and your development team knows their roles. The demands of your users will be overlooked if the sales and customer service departments do not contribute. An integration involves more than just rearranging the building elements of your environment; in fact, the new system will appear and behave differently than what your team is currently working with. To contribute to the integration consistently throughout the project, stakeholders who understand the business process must cooperate with those who work with the application.

-?????????????LACK OF INTEGRATION EXPERTISE

Many brilliant developers would try a system integration project only to find midway that they are out of their depth. Integration necessitates specific knowledge of common data, subsystems, and interface layers, as well as familiarity with technologies and excellent commercial acumen. You don't want to maintain a specialist on your team full-time, but you need recruit someone who can architect and manage the project. If you have an in-house development team, you may wish to have one of your developers collaborate with the integration partner to verify that the newly structured system can be maintained.

-?????????????LACK OF A LONG-TERM INTEGRATION STRATEGY

Running a business is complicated, as is the technology required to support it. Your entire software strategy, which should incorporate your systems strategy, should be part of your continuous planning process. Your technology integration plan will be updated to meet your demands as your firm develops, pivots, and changes its direction. Establish clear responsibility with input from your many stakeholders to ensure that everyone with a vested interest in the success of your organization participates to your software strategy planning.

-?????????????LEGACY SYSTEMS ISSUES

If some of your applications are old or out of date, you may have obstacles in upgrading and merging the legacy systems into a more current system. They may lack the interface features that are now regarded standard in solutions, necessitating considerable modification. Integration may be the appropriate time to switch your complete system to a cloud-based solution, phasing out on-premises servers, or you may wish to adopt a hybrid cloud solution with a system integration layer that integrates the old system with new system development. In any case, you'll want to make a deliberate and well-thought-out architectural option that best meets your goals.

-?????????????NEW INTEGRATION TOOLS

New technologies aimed to make life easier are developed on a regular basis. They are accompanied by sleek commercial pages and high promises. A system integration solution, on the other hand, need more than simply the most recent integration tool to establish communication. You want integration solutions that will scale with your business and function throughout your whole ecosystem. Because the excellent designers of that latest integrations tool have not peeked beneath the hood of your systems, they are unable to predict how far that technology will carry you. The best option is to consult with your systems integration firm about these tools and what should be included in your new system.