Integration Competency Centres

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Architecture and governance are needed to make sense of integration technology.

Integration technologies, of any form, only succeed within a coherent, overall architecture framework.

Organisational Architecture

Organisations will never integrate their spaghetti-like interfaces of information unless they can agree on, deliver and evolve an effective architecture framework. Even with an integration toolset to help remove the existing tangled mass of interfaces, there still needs to be agreement on how  to use it.

To gain value from integration investments, companies must position these investments within an overall architecture, and put the governance in place to ensure that it is used appropriately, and consistently across the organisation.

Integration Competency Centres

These centres of excellence are the best way of ensuring that the physical architecture and the governance processes are implemented effectively.  The role of these centres includes the following:

Setting Standards
- Architecture & Governance
- Data & Messaging
- Coding
- Error Handling
- Productivity
- Re-use & Best Practice

Delivery
- Project Advice
- Project Staffing
- Supplier Accreditation
- Delivery Factory
- Quality Assurance

Change Management
- Impact Assessment
- Cross-Initiative Validation/ Communication

Support & Operations
- Applications Management
- Troubleshooting
- Integration Maintenance

Technology Assessment
- Portfolio Management
- Upgrades
- Development & Testing Tools
- Vendor Strategy