The document discusses transitioning a typical customer's Sitecore implementation towards a more composable architecture. It recommends defining a roadmap by identifying specific parts of the existing system to replace with alternative composable solutions, such as replacing Sitecore Forms, EXM, and SXA Search. The transition should be done gradually in agile steps and communicate the benefits to stakeholders without scaring them. An emphasis is placed on preparing the right people, being honest about the process, and portraying it as a positive story.

1. Talking to a typical
customer about the
road to composable
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1. The road to composable
• The scene
• The customer
2. The example
3. Conclusion
4. Talk some more 
Agenda
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4. A road to composable

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• Many sessions/resources available
• Peter & Jason @ Sugcon 2022
• Akshay & Kamruz @ Symposium 2022
• …
• Path To Composable track @ Sugcon 2023
• Focus on architecture
A road to composable

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• Fast lane • Don’t know
Customers ∞ Composable
• Too big to change

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Don’t scare
your
customer

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• Sitecore XP
• 10+ years
• 10.2 (several upgrades)
• Multisite – multilingual
• Preview site
• Integrations with external
api’s
• SXA
• Forms
• EXM
The customer

9. The approach

10. General guidelines

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General guidelines

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General guidelines

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• Gather the right people
• IT
• Business
• Decision makers
• In person
General guidelines

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Don’t scare
your
customer

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Composable
is not scary

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• Don’t scare your customer
• No stress
• Be confident
• Avoid “rebuild”
• Make them curious
• Positive vibes
• Be honest
• At their pace
General guidelines

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• Prepare an architecture
• Find parts to (re)move
• Check cost & user experience
• Roadmap
• One (agile) step at a time
• Product selection = later
• Procurement
General guidelines

18. Our roadmap

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• Replace Sitecore Forms
 Composable alternative
• Better experience
• Cost
• License
• Transfer
• Too many dependencies
Our roadmap

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• Replace EXM
• This allows us to remove xDB
• Lower costs
• Composable mail solution
• Better experience
• Feature mapping – CMS integration
• Sitecore Send or … ?
Our roadmap – 2 - Mail

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• Replace SXA Search
• Composable search solution
• Cost
• License
• Implementation
• Better experience
• Sitecore Search or … ?
Our roadmap – 3 - Search
Where is the hidden tiger?

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• Move (in)dependent code
• API’s (react apps)
• Scheduled tasks
• Decouple from CMS
• Azure Functions ?
Our roadmap – 4 - Code

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• Replace CMS
• Composable headless alternative
• XM Cloud ?
• Content Hub One ?
• …
• Requires a new FE layer
• Detect re-usable pieces
• react apps
Our roadmap – 5 - CMS

24. Conclusion

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Make a roadmap

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Define steps & benefits

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Talk to the right people

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Be honest - about all the steps

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Don’t scare your customer

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It is a POSITIVE story

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32. Thank you!
Gert Gullentops
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