The Business Case For Integrated Systems

posted by  hjwin (10)  13 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

I've been looking at the 'business case for integration.'  How odd does that sound? 

If I'm going to be able to sell the idea that 'integration is a good thing to spend our time on,' then I need to know both WHY we would want integration, and IN WHAT SITUATIONS would I expect integration to produce a benefit.  In short, the business case. 

This is my second attempt.  My first attempt was a partial success.  I created a notion of the business processes (in general) driving the need for integration across systems, but honestly, it didn't clic