“After this acquisition, we want the best of both worlds.”
I vividly remember a CIO saying this. A clear ambition. But deciding what “best” means requires some difficult choices.
Both organisations bring applications, technologies, contracts and ways of working. Each has people who understand why their environment works the way it does.
Where do you start?
• What technologies do we have across both environments—and where do they overlap?
• Which applications support our most critical business capabilities and processes?
• Which less visible systems are essential to keeping operations running?
• What should we retain, consolidate, replace or decommission?
• Which contracts and supplier commitments constrain our choices, timelines and costs?
An application inventory is a starting point. The decisions require an understanding of business value, dependencies, technical health, risk and contractual obligations.
A seemingly redundant application may support a critical local process. A preferred platform may be costly to exit. Consolidating too early may put business continuity at risk.
The best of both worlds needs to be defined against the needs of the combined organisation.
At Lavante, we help make those choices explicit. Our step-by-step approach builds an evidence-based assessment of both environments, translates findings into recommendations and establishes a practical roadmap for integration.
So the conversation moves from “which system do we prefer?” to “which choices best support the business we are becoming?”
Facing similar questions after a merger or acquisition? Let’s talk.
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