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When a company says that they need help with integration solution, what does it mean?

Is it about Biztalk, SSIS, BI solution, SQL, xml or something else?

Posted 6-Dec-14 23:51pm

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 7-Dec-14 5:58am

It can be any technology, but at the bottom line it means that they want two applications/systems to talk one with the other, probably using existing endpoint (so no rewrite of the applications/systems necessary)...

Richard MacCutchan 7-Dec-14 7:50am

Maybe you should ask them. But if you are planning on applying for a job then you may need to word your question carefully.

Andreas Gieriet 7-Dec-14 8:21am

Ask them.
Situation: What do they have? Let them explain the current setup.
Problem: What exactly is the problem with that setup? Let them explain it.
Implication: What follows from these problems? Let them explain it.
Need/Payoff: What would solve the problem/Implication? Let them explain it.

This is basically the SPIN(r) Selling approach: Ask questions to let the prospective customer tell you what he needs - ideally he tells you he needs your service/product. Stay as long as possible on the S-P-I levels until he tells you he needs you/your service/your product - or to find out that there is no match between you/your service/your product and his needs.
Cheers
Andi
PS: SPIN(r) Selling is about selling. But it proved to be very valuable to me also to "sell" technical solutions internally. Convincing (internal) stakeholders is also "selling": they invest a considerable amount of money into some solution...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 7-Dec-14 12:06pm

It can be anything. Please ask them, not us.
—SA

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2014-12-07T16:07:00

Solution 1

As mentioned numerous times in the comments, it could be anything. Integration simply means communication somehow between systems. But you certainly need to get more details before committing to anything.

Posted 7-Dec-14 16:07pm

ZurdoDev