From M&A Promise to Post-Merger Reality: A Practical Enterprise Architecture Playbook

M&A deals are sold on synergies and growth, but too often stall in overlapping systems, cultural friction, and unclear integration choices. This eBook shows how Enterprise Architecture reframes post-merger integration from reactive IT cleanup into a clear, capability-driven story that business leaders understand, support, and fund.

You’ll learn how to move from two disconnected landscapes to one coherent, value-driven target state - without losing momentum after the press release.

What you’ll learn inside:

• How to reframe M&A integration around business capabilities, not system inventories - so executives stay engaged beyond day one.
• A practical method to put two IT landscapes on one page, making overlaps, gaps, risks, and dependencies visible early.
  
  
• How to compare integration options per capability (consolidate, adopt, or introduce new platforms) with clear trade-offs on cost, risk, speed, and cultural fit.
  
  
• How to turn analysis into a living roadmap, quantifying the hidden cost of doing nothing and linking every wave to measurable value and risk reduction.