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Understanding the Impact of a Merger for IT Teams

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About This Course

Mergers and acquisitions create significant disruption for IT teams — new reporting structures, overlapping technology stacks, competing architectural visions, and uncertainty about roles and careers. This course explores the post-acquisition experience from the IT perspective, giving practitioners the knowledge and strategies to navigate it successfully.

What You’ll Learn

  • How M&A processes typically unfold from an IT perspective
  • The most common IT integration challenges and how organizations address them
  • How to assess and communicate the state of your systems to acquiring or acquired leadership
  • Career positioning during organizational change
  • How to advocate for your team and your technology during integration
  • Patterns for successful IT merger integration

Who This Is For

IT leaders, architects, and engineers in organizations going through or anticipating a merger or acquisition.