How does one hold the requirements for "700 systems" in one's head?
The only way that could possibly work is if the original systems are grossly repetitive and unoriginal (variations on 2 themes, perhaps?).
The only way that could possibly work is if the original systems are grossly repetitive and unoriginal (variations on 2 themes, perhaps?).
Clearly there is something very wrong at the planning level of these big, failing, IT projects. Perhaps the temptation to begin by writing down all the commonalities between different software systems and seeing how one big system could do everything is part of the problem. But it's also easy to see how it is tempting to do so.