10 Pitfalls To Avoid During eCommerce Replatforming

March 7th, 2014

Lily Varon Principal Analyst

Peter Sheldon

With contributors:

Zia Daniell Wigder , Adam Silverman , Rebecca Katz

Summary

As eCommerce evolves in size, global scope, and complexity, eBusiness professionals are replacing their current eCommerce technologies to keep up with business growth, competitive threats, and consumer demands. As businesses are forced to adapt in the age of the customer, eCommerce replatforming initiatives are becoming more complicated: more stakeholders, more data, more integrations, and so on. In many cases, these projects run over budget and are delivered late, primarily due to a lack of business readiness and poorly defined requirements. This report will help eBusiness professionals identify and limit the major challenges associated with the replatforming journey and provide a framework for improving the likelihood of success when replatforming an eCommerce platform and associated infrastructure.

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