Not every integration earns its keep. Rank by hours saved × reliability.
Rank candidates
- List manual steps between each tool pair.
- Estimate weekly hours × people affected.
- Rate data quality today (garbage in = expensive integration).
- Pick top one pair only for version one.
Use this as a working checklist inside your team first. When the same steps repeat every week and spreadsheets start breaking, that is usually the moment to scope the smallest reliable integration that removes repeated copy-paste from a core workflow as an owned system. See the relevant Standen service · More guides · SaaS ops audit.