M&A Projects

M&A Projects focus on delivering technology capability — systems, integrations and platforms — reliably and securely.

What makes these projects distinctive

M&A Projects carry their own signature challenges. The ones that most often decide success or failure are unclear or shifting requirements, integration complexity with legacy systems, underestimated testing effort — so the plan should be built around managing exactly these.

Typical phases

1. Initiation — business case and charter
2. Planning — scope, schedule, budget, risks
3. Execution — building the deliverables
4. Monitoring & control — tracking against baseline
5. Closure — acceptance, handover, lessons learned

Sample WBS outline

• Initiation & business case
• Planning (scope, schedule, budget)
• Solution design
• Built & configured system
• Test results & UAT sign-off
• Deployment & runbook
• Support handover
• Testing / quality assurance
• Deployment / handover
• Closure & lessons learned

Key deliverables

• Solution design
• Built & configured system
• Test results & UAT sign-off
• Deployment & runbook
• Support handover

Top risks to plan for

• Unclear or shifting requirements
• Integration complexity with legacy systems
• Underestimated testing effort

Key roles

Typical duration

3–9 months, depending on scale and complexity.