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The second step is to use SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology, which we’ve developed to help your enterprise architects shape and document your integration strategy.
As you answer the assessment questions, you’ll learn more about the five levels of maturity and gain insight into where your business stands – and what to do next.
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integration excellence – because intelligent
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future integration requirements?
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integration requirements (for example, regarding Big Data, legal compliance, and so on)?
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Thank you for completing the integration maturity assessment. Based on your responses, your organization has reached integration maturity Level 0. This means you’ve placed at the integration “Ad Hoc” level. It appears you do not have an integration practice in place or an integration strategy being planned. Integration seems to be a largely overlooked practice across your business, and there is little internal competency focused on how to optimize integration for competitive advantage. As a result, you may find that integration efforts are often unorganized and duplicated, and IT resources are stretched thin. This results in frustration and wastes time, which negatively impacts your business.
To evolve your integration maturity to Level 1 – Enlightened:- Recognize that this is a problem and understand why a holistic, standardized integration strategy is vital to a healthy business.
- Start learning about the many integration tools available in the marketplace such as SAP Integration Suite.
- Allocate IT resources to oversee and manage your new integration strategy.
- Apply SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology so your organization can begin to more easily identify integration issues – and your IT department is better equipped to efficiently address these issues.
Ready to jump-start your journey? Register now to access your CIO fast-track kit, which includes the following resources curated by integration experts at SAP:
Thank you for completing the integration maturity assessment. Based on your responses, your organization has reached integration maturity Level 1. Your integration strategy is at the “Enlightened” level. Typically, this means you may have an integration strategy in mind but haven’t executed it yet. Currently, you understand that there is a need for integration and that there are problems. You have an integration specialist on staff, but no one is truly responsible for optimizing integration enterprise-wide, which makes it difficult to identify the needs of your business. You are advancing your business’s integration, but it’s primarily through word of mouth and what “feels right” rather than a comprehensive strategy that will ultimately result in your business becoming an intelligent enterprise.
To evolve your integration maturity to Level 2 – Systematic:- Create an integration competency center or put a team in place staffed with people who recognize integration as a critical discipline and best practice for the business.
- Formalize and document a set of best practices for integration. You need to have a formalized process in place to accept project requests based on the business needs.
Ready to jump-start your journey? Register now to access your CIO fast-track kit, which includes the following resources curated by integration experts at SAP:
Thank you for completing the integration maturity assessment. Based on your responses, your organization has reached integration maturity Level 2. Your integration strategy is at the “Systematic” level. Typically, this means you are on your way to being an empowered intelligent enterprise, but you could use some help to get to the next level. You currently have an integration competency center and broadly recognize integration as a critical component to the health and growth of your business. You also have formalized documents to showcase best practices that others can follow, and you are constantly adding new definitions.
To evolve your integration maturity to Level 3 – Adaptive:- Cultivate within your organization the view that integration is a business enabler that will help your organization evolve and transform.
- Identify differentiating sourcing policies.
- Have a regular integration board with a regular assessment and cadence to continuously adapt and evolve your integration practice.
Ready to jump-start your journey? Register now to access your CIO fast-track kit, which includes the following resources curated by integration experts at SAP:
Thank you for completing the integration maturity assessment. Based on your responses, your organization has reached integration maturity Level 3. Your integration strategy is at the “Adaptive” level. Typically, this means you are well on your way to integration excellence! Your company views integration as a business enabler to evolve and transform. You identify differentiating sourcing policies and have an integration board that regularly assesses the health of your integration landscape. You continuously monitor this and evolve as challenges arise.
To evolve your integration maturity to Level 4 – Empowered:- Find ways to embed integration into the digital culture of your business and day-to-day processes.
- Find new ways to integrate and enable integration across the business – for example, self-service integration capabilities.
- To lighten IT burdens, set up a self-service integration facilitation team.
- Encourage users to tackle self-service integration scenarios to eliminate IT integration burdens, address bottlenecks, and empower business users.
Ready to jump-start your journey? Register now to access your CIO fast-track kit, which includes the following resources curated by integration experts at SAP:
Thank you for completing the integration maturity assessment. Based on your responses, your organization has reached integration maturity Level 4. Your integration strategy is already at the “Empowered” level.
Typically, this means your organization truly demonstrates integration excellence. Integration is embedded in the digital culture of your business and day-to-day processes, complete with self-service integration capabilities. Because of these self-service integration capabilities, your integration competency center has evolved into a self-service integration facilitation team. Business users are encouraged to tackle self-service integration scenarios wherever possible to address IT bottlenecks, lighten IT burdens, and empower business users.
- SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology – Integration Planning and Documentation Template: Use it to define a future integration strategy.
- The CIO Guide: Learn about common integration patterns and best practices.
- SAP API Business Hub: Find the prepackaged integration packs.
- Integration course on the openSAP platform: Register for this free course that will help accelerate your journey to integration excellence.
