What are  your first thoughts when planning to build a house? How will it look? Will it be one story or two? How many bedrooms will it have, and where should they be located? How many utility rooms do you need, and where should they go? In other words, what will the architecture look like?

Next, you start thinking about whether the layout will be functionally convenient. Should the walk-in closet be located between the bedrooms? Should the office be on the first floor or the second to ensure it’s quieter? How often and for what purposes will you be climbing the stairs? In other words, what will the functional design look like?

Now, let’s transfer these thoughts to an IT project—for instance, in a company that produces and sells workwear. So far, they’ve been using separate accounting and warehouse modules that are not integrated. Over the past two years, the number of clients, suppliers, and orders has grown significantly. It’s now necessary to implement an ERP solution to unify resources in one place.