Mission Systems

Mission PMI — M&A → PMI

Most mergers destroy value. Mission PMI is built so yours doesn't.

Mission PMI is Mission Systems' post-merger integration practice — a disciplined, IT-led playbook that turns the deal thesis into a single, working operation. It is PMO management purpose-built for M&A.

The problem

The odds are against integration — unless it is run as a programme.

70–90%
of M&A deals fail to deliver expected value (HBR)
60%
fail to meet internal expectations (Bain)
14%
report comprehensive integration across strategy, operations and finance (PwC)
88%
of successful M&A organisations fully integrate IT (PwC)

The execution philosophy

The MDEMT Framework

Integration stalls when alignment, clarity and momentum break down. Mission PMI is run on the MDEMT framework — five pillars that keep every stakeholder locked in and every workstream moving, underpinned by ISOPOSED™ to frame the why and the what, and TORSEMI™ to run the live cadence.

M

Mission Focused Leadership

Everyone knows the Mission, their Why, their role, and who to escalate to.

D

Disciplined Planning & Comms Loops

One Plan, One Timeline, One Risk Register — everyone knows what's happening, when, how, and what impacts whom.

E

Execution Roadmap & Decisions

Clear WHAT, WHY, WHEN, DEPENDENCIES and SUCCESS CRITERIA for every task.

M

Momentum Management

Issues, impediments and roadblocks surfaced, escalated, expedited and resolved fast.

T

Transparency & Real-Time Reporting

Board, Sponsors, Leads and SMEs share the same real-time picture.

The four-phase playbook

From two tech stacks to one operation.

01

Map the Landscape

Inventory both tech stacks — applications, infrastructure, data models, security — and run a full gap analysis. You cannot integrate what you have not mapped.

02

Rationalise & Prioritise

Decide which platforms survive and which retire. Build the capability model and prioritise integration workstreams by value and risk.

03

Integrate & Consolidate

Execute the integration roadmap — unified data migration, process harmonisation, operating-model alignment — while tracking synergy realisation.

04

Stabilise & Optimise

Hypercare, performance monitoring and benefits-realisation reporting, with continuous improvement driven through TORSEMI™.

Matched to the right integration model

Not every merger should be absorbed. Mission PMI selects deliberately across four integration models — so the operating model fits the deal thesis.

PreservationHoldingSymbiosisAbsorption

How it runs

Run from a Digital Integration Management Office.

Mission PMI runs the integration from a single Digital IMO — one source of truth for plan, risk and progress, so the Board, sponsors and leads share the same real-time picture from Day 1.

The integration runs on a single toolkit

Integration roadmapRAID logPower BI dashboardsMilestone trackingSynergy-realisation trackerBenefits-realisation reportingApplication-landscape inventoryIT-infrastructure compatibility assessmentSecurity vulnerability assessmentIntegration-architecture data-flow mapsAutomated escalation workflows

Governed by a clear operating structure

Executive Leadership
Strategic direction, alignment and key decisions.
Integration Manager
Owns the full PMI process, plan and team coordination.
Steering Committee
Governance, scope and risk control from Day 1.
Change Management
Employee communications, cultural adoption and resistance.
Functional Leads — Finance, HR, IT & Operations
Integrate their domains across the combined business.
Cutover Sign-off
Human approval required before execution.

Proof

Delivered at the scale that matters.

The same delivery craft behind Mission PMI launched the world's first online eAuction for De Beers — a $250M revenue increase — and stood up eDiamond, the first independent open auction platform for the diamond industry, at $120M year-one revenue.

Case study — STREAMZ

Mission Systems is setting up and driving the PMO behind STREAMZ, a new global film and TV streaming service — running the programme that delivers the end-to-end Script-to-Screen-to-Cash systems alongside the enabling capabilities (Finance, HR, IT, Systems Development, Programme Management, Legal) that stand the business up.

In flight.

Free resource

Download the PMI Office Playbook.

The Mission PMI Office Playbook distils the full four-phase integration framework — MDEMT, ISOPOSED™ and TORSEMI™ — into a structured, practical guide you can put to work immediately.

  • Four-phase integration roadmap with decision gates
  • Integration-model selection guide (Preservation → Absorption)
  • MDEMT pillar-by-pillar implementation checklist
  • Risk register and synergy-tracking templates

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Running an integration that has to deliver?

Mission PMI brings the playbook, the cadence and the delivery leadership that turn a deal into a working business.