Stop Building Digital Islands: Fix Your System Integration Methodology First
You ever notice how life sciences companies spend millions on software but can’t get two systems to talk? Yeah, me too. It’s painful. You’ve got a shiny SCADA monitoring system on the production floor, a separate quality management platform, and some legacy database that nobody wants to touch. They sit there like stubborn mules. That’s why you need a proper system integration methodology before you buy another tool. Not after. Before. Why Life Sciences Software Development Demands Better Connections Look, life sciences software development isn’t like building another e-commerce site. The stakes are higher. You mess up data handoffs between your lab systems and manufacturing execution software, and suddenly your batch records are wrong. Regulators don’t find that funny. I’ve seen startups burn six months because they thought “integration” meant hiring one guy with a Python script. Spoiler: it didn’t work. You need a repeatable, documented approach. Something that doesn’t fall ...