acquisition acclimation summary
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To identify high-value technology opportunities and create plans to realize them.
To ensure the fit of the acquisition into company standard technology solutions and incorporate
unique technologies into company’s support and infrastructure models.
This is accomplished by understanding the acquisition’s business strategy and how that is linked
to enabling technology.
Map the acquisitions technology to company standards.
Business develops a roadmap for the next three years to either map into our standard technology
implementations or adapt their unique technologies into a sustainable and supportable model.
Track the roadmap during the next few years to ensure the business requirements are being met.
Understand the strategies of the acquisition:
Overall company/business group strategies
Business sectors
Geography
Customers
Marketing
Operations
Delivery
Functional Areas Application Areas
Marketing
Financial
Operations
Other Services
Baseline Productivity Collaboration Production Document
Management Online Industry Specific
Outside the Company
Information TechnologyBusiness
Inside the Company
Business
StrategyIT Strategy
IT Infrastructure
and processes
Organizational
Infrastructure
and processes
Identify critical or key systems
Determine existing standards
Establish benchmarks and Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Measure benchmarks
Provide these measurements to the target firm ◦ to set expectations
◦ understand how things work
◦ aid in determining measurable comparisons for before and after
◦ establish the need for additional investments
2012 Feb Mar Apr May Jun 2012
Product C in production
5/23/12
Product B in production
4/23/12
Product A in production
3/23/12
Integration Weekend done2/12/12
Install Product A 2/13/12 3/23/12
Install Product B 3/23/12 4/23/12
Install Product C 4/23/12 5/23/12
Install Product D 5/23/12 6/23/12
Year 3 Innovation
Year 2 Institution
Year 1 Integration
2012 NovMar2013
Jul NovMar2014
Jul NovMar2015
Jul Nov 2016
Final Review11/26/15
Second Year Review11/26/14
First Year Review11/26/13
90-day Check3/4/13
60-day Check2/4/13
30-day Check1/4/13
11/26/12 11/26/13
11/26/13 11/26/14
11/26/14 11/26/15