Restart quizIntegration is a key enabler of digital business
and an intelligent, sustainable enterprise.
Today, large enterprises run tens of thousands of applications simultaneously, creating countless integration points to optimize and manage. Given this complexity, every business needs a methodological approach to integration that not only reduces complexity and cost but also lets you turn integration into a source of competitive advantage.
But how do you get started?
And what should your integration strategy
look like today – and
in the future?
B2B
integration
integration
B2B
integration
integration
B2B
integration
integration
B2B
integration
integration
B2B
integration
integration
B2B
integration
integration
Digital supply
chain
chain
Business-to-government integration
Digital supply
chain
chain
Private
cloud (EU)
cloud (EU)
Private
cloud (EU)
cloud (EU)
Private
cloud (EU)
cloud (EU)
Private
cloud (EU)
cloud (EU)
B2B
integration
integration
Enterprise Resource
Planning
B2B
integration
integration
Enterprise Resource
Planning
SaaS applications
Legacy
SaaS applications
Legacy
SAP can help you answer these questions and develop an optimal holistic integration strategy. The first step is to understand your current integration maturity level. Take this two-minute assessment to find out where you stand.
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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Level 1 Ad Hoc
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Level 2 Enlightened
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Level 3 Systematic
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Level 4 Adaptive
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Level 5 Empowered
We look forward to helping you move closer to integration excellence – because intelligent, sustainable enterprises are integrated enterprises. Ready to get started?
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From your perspective, do you think your company’s integration efforts are supporting your business well today?
Looking ahead, do you believe your current
approach will enable your business to become
an
intelligent enterprise?
How many supported applications do you have in your enterprise landscape?
What is the percentage of your SAP to third-party
application
scenarios?
To what degree will your current integration architecture meet tomorrow's integration requirements (for example, regarding AI, Big Data, legal compliance, and so on)?
Have you assessed which integration domains (such as
cloud, hybrid, or on premise) are relevant for your
company as of today and in the future?
Have you assessed which integration styles (such as
process, data, analytics, user, or
thing integration) are
relevant for your company as of today and in the future?
Have you assessed which use-case patterns (such as
master data integration or
event-driven integration) are
relevant for your company as of today and in the future?
Who is your primary integration platform provider?
As an SAP customer, do you use prepackaged
integration content, integration automation,
and
AI–supported integration capabilities?
Have you identified which integration technologies
support the current and future
integration
requirements of your business?
Have you defined and rolled out integration policies
specifying when to use which integration technology?
Do you have a tool-supported approach in place
that helps integration developers
identify the
right integration technologies for a specific
requirement?
Have you introduced guardrails for integration
development that citizen integrators can
also follow?
Have you defined architecture blueprints for relevant
integration use-case patterns,
including decision
criteria that guide your integration developers to the
right
integration solution design?
Have you defined tailored integration development guidelines
to ensure that integration
scenarios are being designed and
implemented in a robust fashion to safeguard your
company’s
mission-critical business processes?
Do you have an Integration Center of Excellence team
in place that supports and coaches
decentralized
integration developer teams?
Do you have an integration governance process in
place covering the full lifecycle from
technology
selection, integration design, and implementation to operations?
Have you expanded your IT quality assurance process
to include integration quality
checks as a self-service?
Our business has identified areas of opportunity for
self-service integration by line of
business.
Congratulations!
Your integration maturity:
Level 2: Enlightened
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 “Enlightened” level. Typically, this means you are on your way to being an empowered, integrated intelligent enterprise, but you could use some help to get to the next level. You have reviewed your current integration architecture and have identified areas that require investments to meet tomorrow’s integration needs, too.
To evolve your integration maturity to Level 3 – Systematic:
- Start learning about the many integration tools available in the marketplace, such as SAP Integration Suite.
- Identify integration technologies that support your business in achieving better business outcomes through continuous innovation.
- Define guardrails for using the right integration technology that are easily understood by integration and non-integration experts.
Are you ready to propel your business forward? Read how modern integration tools can help your IT teams deliver faster so that you can achieve business outcomes that drive greater business value.
Your integration maturity:
Level 3: Systematic
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 “Systematic” level. Typically, this means you are on your way to achieving integration excellence, but you could use some help to get to the next level. You currently have introduced a hybrid integration platform that is shared across your organization. You also take advantage of optimizing your organization efforts by using prepackaged integration content, integration automation, and AI–supported integration capabilities.
To evolve your integration maturity to Level 4 – Adaptive:
- Define and roll out integration best practices that govern and safeguard integration implementations across your organization.
- Manage the lifecycle of integrations from strategy to development.
- Democratize integration delivery through identified areas of opportunity for self-service integration by line-of-business users.
Are you ready to propel your business forward? Read how modern integration tools can help your IT teams deliver faster so that you can achieve business outcomes that drive greater business value.
Your integration maturity:
Level 4: Adaptive
Thank you for completing the integration maturity assessment. Based on your responses, your organization has reached integration maturity Level 4. 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 also have formalized documents to showcase best practices that others can follow, and you are constantly adding new definitions. And you can manage the lifecycle of your end-to-end integrations, from strategy to development. You continuously monitor this and evolve as challenges arise.
To evolve your integration maturity to Level 5 – Empowered:
- Establish an Integration Center of Excellence team that supports and coaches decentralized integration development teams.
- Introduce integration governance that covers both the organizational and operational dimension of enterprise integration.
- Expand your IT quality assurance process, aiming at improving the quality of developed integrations with the help of self-service checks.
Are you ready to propel your business forward? Read how modern integration tools can help your IT teams deliver faster so that you can achieve business outcomes that drive greater business value.
Your integration maturity:
Level 5: Empowered
Thank you for completing the integration maturity assessment. Based on your responses, your organization has reached integration maturity Level 5. 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. Business users are encouraged to tackle self-service integration scenarios wherever possible to address IT bottlenecks, lighten IT burdens, and empower business users.
Congratulations on your achievement!
Are you ready to propel your business forward? Read how modern integration tools can help your IT teams deliver faster so that you can achieve business outcomes that drive greater business value.