Our integration works in isolation but fails end to end. Why?
Local completion without system verificationTest the complete business journey across interfaces, data, permissions, and timing. Component success does not establish that the assembled service behaves correctly.
What to do now
- Map the full transaction path
- Identify interface assumptions
- Run representative end-to-end scenarios
- Assign cross-boundary corrections and retest
When to escalate
Escalate when
The failure affects data integrity or an essential release outcome.
Who decides
The accountable integration or dependency owner
Example
A request is created successfully but fails when its approved data reaches finance.
Mistake to avoid
Accepting each team's isolated test as proof of integrated readiness.
Prevent a repeat
Verify dependency completion with the consuming team and test the integrated outcome early enough to act.
Suggested ApprovedFlow setup
- Tasks
- Documents
- Projects
Keep dependency owners, required evidence and dates with linked work records, confirming supported link behavior in the current build. See the platform
Related cases
- Integration has no single owner. Who should coordinate it?Unowned integrated outcome
- Can we use a mock to unblock a dependency?Controlled provisional interface
- An acceptance test fails because the requirement was wrong. What should happen?Requirement validation failure
- Who owns integration in a hybrid program?Missing end-to-end accountability