Integration architecture for an acquired business

Documented the current processes and systems of an acquired business and prepared integration scenarios for review.

Business context

After an acquisition, the organization needed a clear, shared picture of how the acquired business operates as a factual basis for integration planning.

Key contributions

Mapped the current application landscape and its dependencies.
Documented the end-to-end operational processes.
Prepared alternative integration scenarios, from full integration to minimal change, for review.

Responsibilities in detail

Discovery

Lead the integration architecture discovery
Map the current application landscape and its dependencies

Process documentation

Document the order-to-cash, purchasing, logistics and after-sales processes

Architecture options

Document the current-state architecture
Prepare alternative integration scenarios for review

The approach

I ran the discovery as an architecture assessment: first understand how the acquired business actually runs, end to end, then describe the possible integration paths. Each scenario was documented with its scope, dependencies and trade-offs so that the decision could be taken on a shared, factual basis.

What the work covers

Current-state processes, from order-to-cash and purchasing to logistics and after-sales.
The application landscape and its dependencies.
Alternative integration scenarios, ranging from full integration to minimal change.