Integrations Pack
Integration Discovery Pack
Plan Your System Integrations with Confidence
Assess your current systems, define your integration objectives, and get a clear cost and effort estimate before development begins. A focused engagement delivered remotely by SolidCAD, an authorized Autodesk reseller and implementation partner.
What Is Integration Discovery?
Autodesk and Accruent solutions rarely operate in isolation. Most organizations run them alongside ERP, CRM, PDM/PLM, business intelligence, and other core business systems, and keeping information synchronized across these systems is often the most complex part of any digital transformation initiative. Integration Discovery is an engagement designed to help you assess your current systems landscape, clarify your integration goals, and determine the most practical approach before any integration work begins.
The right integration strategy depends on your existing systems, data flows, business processes, and what you want your future-state connected environment to look like. Depending on your situation, this might mean using native connectors, middleware or iPaaS platforms, custom API development, or a combination of approaches.
The outcome of this engagement is a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) that outlines the recommended integration approach, scope, assumptions, and estimated costs, giving you a clear basis for budgeting and planning next steps. Integration Discovery is part of SolidCAD’s Integrations Pack, and pairs naturally with our Vault Foundations and Autodesk Foundations offerings for organizations building out a fully connected Autodesk ecosystem.
Why Integration Planning Matters
A rushed or poorly planned integration creates problems that follow an organization for years: duplicate data entry, out-of-sync records, broken automations, and workflows that break down as soon as one connected system changes. Fixing these issues after the fact is far more expensive and disruptive than addressing them during planning.
Integration Discovery exists to surface these risks early. By reviewing your systems landscape and requirements before integration work begins, SolidCAD can identify constraints, flag potential data or process issues, and recommend an integration approach that fits both your technical environment and your business requirements. This is particularly important for organizations connecting Autodesk or Accruent solutions to multiple business systems, and it connects closely with broader data management and digital transformation initiatives.
What's Included in the Discovery Engagement
Preliminary Questionnaire and Systems Intake
We begin by gathering information about your current systems, integration points, data flows, and existing automations. This intake also captures the business requirements and processes that will influence the right integration strategy for your organization.
Discovery Workshops and Stakeholder Review Sessions
Through collaborative sessions with your team, we validate integration goals, understand operational needs, review technical constraints, and identify dependencies that will affect development, testing, and deployment planning. This step ensures the integration plan reflects how your organization actually works, not just how systems are currently connected.
Assessment of Integration Approaches and Tooling Options
We evaluate native connectors, middleware and iPaaS platforms, and custom API development to determine the most suitable approach based on your systems landscape and future-state objectives. Different combinations of source and target systems call for different strategies, and this assessment ensures the recommended approach is the right fit rather than a default one.
Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM)
The engagement concludes with a Rough Order of Magnitude summarizing the recommended integration approach, high-level scope, key assumptions, major activities, expected effort, and estimated costs to complete the integration work. This gives your organization a clear, realistic basis for budgeting and deciding on next steps.
Why Choose SolidCAD for Integration Planning in Canada?
Systems integration is not just a technical exercise. Done well, it removes friction from daily workflows and sets the foundation for how your teams will work together for years to come. SolidCAD brings both deep Autodesk and Accruent product expertise and practical integration experience to every Integration Discovery engagement, so the recommendations you receive are grounded in what will actually work for your systems and your team.
- Authorized Autodesk reseller with certified product expertise
- Canadian-based team available in English and French
- Experience integrating Autodesk and Accruent solutions with ERP, CRM, PDM/PLM, and other business systems
- Clear, fixed-scope discovery engagement with a defined deliverable (the ROM)
- Part of Symetri Group, a global engineering technology partner with 35 years of expertise
Integration Discovery is part of our Integrations Pack. If you have not yet implemented your core Autodesk or Vault environment, explore our Vault Foundations and Autodesk Foundations packages, which include integration planning as part of the process.
Frequently Asked Questions about Integration Discovery
What is Integration Discovery?
Integration Discovery is an engagement where SolidCAD reviews your systems landscape and business requirements to determine the best approach for connecting your Autodesk or Accruent solutions with other business systems. The engagement results in a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) outlining the recommended integration approach, scope, assumptions, and estimated costs.
Do we need our Autodesk or Vault environment fully implemented for this engagement?
No. Integration Discovery is suitable for organizations at any stage of their Autodesk or Vault journey, including those planning integrations as part of a new implementation. The discovery focuses on your systems landscape and integration requirements regardless of where you are today.
What integration approaches might be recommended?
Depending on your systems and requirements, we may recommend native connectors, middleware or iPaaS platforms, custom API development, or a combination of approaches. This is exactly what the discovery engagement is designed to determine.
What is a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) and what will it tell us?
A Rough Order of Magnitude is a high-level estimate that outlines the recommended integration approach, scope, key assumptions, major activities, expected effort, and estimated costs. It is designed to give your organization a realistic basis for budgeting and planning the next phase of your integration work, without requiring a full detailed project plan upfront.
How long does the engagement take and how is it delivered?
The engagement is delivered remotely through workshops and review sessions with key stakeholders. Onsite delivery is available as an option if your team prefers an in-person session.
How much does Integration Discovery cost?
Pricing depends on the scope and complexity of your systems landscape and delivery format (remote or onsite). Contact our team at info@solidcad.ca for a quote tailored to your organization.
How we can help
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