Business integration is the most critical step of the acquisition transaction. This is the moment when the, “rubber hits the road”, and all of the expectations of the buyer and seller will either be met, or not. It is a moment of truth. We generally refer to this stage of the transaction as, “Transition”. The current assets, including physical, operational and human, will be transitioned from the Current Mode of Operation (CMO) to an Interim Mode of Operation (IMO) and event

Project Managers are working too hard to get such dismal results. Last year only 38% of all projects met original goals and business intent and only 53% were completed within budget, according to PMI’s 2016 Pulse of the Profession study (and these numbers are down from last year!). PMI sights a lack of leadership, strategy alignment and technical project management skills as the root cause of the problems. Intuitively, I agree but experience tells me it’s something more. I