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Where are the lessons learned from these integrations? We are currently 15 years into the dot com malaise and there does not seem to be good project managers or
by Agustus 11y ago
Where are the lessons learned from these integrations? We are currently 15 years into the dot com malaise and there does not seem to be good project managers or decision makers who recognize what they need requirements-wise and then what it will take to bring a person/team/company into the fold.
Hate him or love him, Zuckerberg has a team that integrates. Instagram was brought into the fold at Facebook and there has been little to no rumblings across the board from the users to the developers. WhatsApp has been left alone at Facebook and I still use it.
The integration teams exist, but the processes and/or politics are killing the integrations at a lot of companies.
- chris_wot 11y agoZuckerberg has a higher hit to miss ratio, it's true, but don't for one moment think that Facebook does a great job of acquiring smaller companies. You only have to look at Parse to see that even Facebook just can't seem to do it well.
- batuhanicoz 11y agoSlightly off topic but I'd say the way Parse was handled was pretty good.
- chris_wot 11y agoNot off topic at all :-) I have no real knowledge about why Parse failed other than what has already been written. In fact, your comment is probably fair and nothing I said above applies to this situation. Sometimes takeovers just fail, and nobody is to blame. It's just that, IMO, it's very rare this occurs.