In a typical integration project, integration team is barraged from boundary systems. Inverted funnel model brings order in this chaotic communication and information flow.

1. Inverted Funnel Model
Solving Integration Challenges
Tushar Jain
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2. Integration Project Challenges
• Multitude of communication channels
• Barrage of information
• Silo-ed boundary systems
• Silos with in boundary systems
• Business entities are not standardized
• Proprietary protocols
• Difficult to test
• ……..

3. Integration Project Challenges -
Biggest
• Multitude of communication channels
• Barrage of information
• Silo-ed boundary systems
• Silos with in boundary systems

4. Typical Integration Project Team
• Integration Developers
• Project Manager
• Boundary System -1 Developers
• Boundary System -1 QA
• Boundary System -1 BA
• Boundary System -1 Business Stake holders
• Boundary System -1 Developers
• Boundary System -1 QA
• Boundary System -1 BA
• Boundary System -1 Business Stake holders
• Boundary System -1 Developers
• Boundary System -1 QA
• Boundary System -1 BA
• Boundary System -1 Business Stake holders

5. Typical Integration Project Team
• Integration Developers
• Project Manager
• Boundary System -1 Developers
• Boundary System -1 QA
• Boundary System -1 BA
• Boundary System -1 Business Stake holders
• Boundary System -1 Silo-1 Developers
• Boundary System -1 Silo-1 QA
• Boundary System -1 Silo-1 BA
• Boundary System -1 Silo-1 Business Stake holders
• Boundary System -1 Silo-2 Developers
• Boundary System -1 Silo-2 QA
• Boundary System -1 Silo-2 BA
• Boundary System -1 Silo-2 Business Stake holders
• Boundary System -1 Developers
• Boundary System -1 QA
• Boundary System -1 BA
• Boundary System -1 Business Stake holders

6. Communication

7. Result

8. Solution

9. Questions