July 07 2009

What is the impact when the organization not doing proper Product Integration?

What you’ll see:

  • Subsystems don’t operate together
  • Increased integration/test time
  • Building test harnesses/procedures/etc late in the project
  • Integration environment is inadequate to support the integration activities.

Why Should You Care? Because…

  • You can’t release the system until it operates as a unit
  • You’ll spend more time in integration/test than you planned/can afford
  • You can’t accurately estimate integration-related costs, reducing your customer’s confidence
  • There’s nothing quite as embarrassing as installing a product that doesn’t integrate with the customer’s system.

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