The human factor is the most difficult integration task. Therefore, the respective leadership needs to be equip to handle the task. The due diligence should hav

The human factor is the most difficult integration task. Therefore, the respective leadership needs to be equip to handle the task. The due diligence should have given you the data you needed to plan it out and then you just needed to execute. What's the problem? Obviously, people are not so easy and not so predictable. So then why is it not so high on the priority list of things to address in the process? As technologists (and those in the technology vortex), somehow it's assumed that smart people will just deal with it, do the right thing, or whatever? Whatever it is, the fact is... processes, tools, yadda yadda vortex... in the final analysis, management (both sides) failed. Now, that's not being judgmental, that is a fact, sorry. This happens all too often.