For merger integration PMO leaders
400 action items. 12 workstreams.
One integration plan that’s current.
In Parallel captures every decision from every integration workstream meeting — IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Ops — and turns them into a living integration plan that updates itself. Start free.
Used by Customer X · Customer Y · 20+ scaling teams
The integration tax
70% of mergers fail to deliver expected value.
The PMO is where that changes.
Integration complexity isn’t a planning problem — it’s a coordination problem. Decisions scatter across workstream meetings, spreadsheets, and email chains faster than anyone can track.
70%
of mergers fail to deliver their expected synergies and value.
Not because the thesis was wrong — because integration decisions fell through the cracks between workstreams, and drift went undetected until it was too late.
Bain & Company M&A Report
200-400 action items
A typical mid-market integration generates hundreds of action items across 12+ workstreams. Tracked in spreadsheets that go stale within hours of the last update meeting.
Day 1 surprises
An IT migration decision affects HR onboarding. The communications team doesn’t know until Day 1. Nobody flagged it because nobody could see across workstreams.
12+ tools, zero visibility
Smartsheet for IT, Jira for product, Excel for Finance, email for Legal. None of them show the PMO what was decided across all workstreams this week.
How In Parallel helps
From 12 workstreams to one living integration plan.
01
Decision capture across every workstream
In Parallel joins your IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Operations, and Communications integration meetings, captures every decision, owner, and deadline. No manual notes. No chasing workstream leads for updates.
02
Living integration plan
Your 100-day plan updates itself from meeting signals. When an IT migration decision affects the HR onboarding timeline, it shows up immediately, not a week later in the next SteerCo.
03
Drift detection before Day 1
Know when a workstream diverges from what was agreed before it becomes a Day 1 readiness gap. In Parallel surfaces the gap between decisions and actions automatically, across all 12+ workstreams.
04
SteerCo-ready in 30 minutes
Stop spending a full day assembling status reports from 12 workstream leads. Integration health data is always current because it comes from the meetings where decisions happens.
Trusted by integration teams
An integration PMO cut their SteerCo prep from a full day to 30 minutes.
“We had 14 workstreams and 300+ action items. Within two weeks, the integration plan was updating itself from meeting decisions. We caught three critical cross-workstream conflicts before Day 1.”
70%
faster SteerCo preparation
12+
workstreams in one view
30 min
status reporting (was a full day)
<1 wk
typical time to value
Source: internal customer averages, 2026 cohort. Individual results vary. [source needed] on outlet-cited figures.
Operator metrics
The numbers operators look at.
Time to value
<3 wks
From kickoff to a Living Plan you trust
Decisions / week
40+
Captured across cross-functional meetings
Drift caught
12 / qtr
Plan-vs-reality gaps flagged before they slip
Board prep
30 min
Down from a full day of deck assembly
Source: internal customer averages, 2026 cohort. Individual results vary.
Side by side
What changes when integration decisions stop disappearing.
Without In Parallel
- Spreadsheet trackers going stale within hours of the last update
- Decisions lost between workstream meetings, rediscovered too late
- Day 1 readiness gaps surfacing the week before close
- Integration fatigue as teams drown in status reporting
- Status meetings about status meetings across 12+ workstreams
With In Parallel
- Every workstream decision captured automatically with owner, deadline, and context
- Living integration plan that updates itself from real meeting signals
- Drift alerts before Day 1 or 100-day milestones slip
- Rapid SteerCo reporting, 30 minutes, not a full day
- Integration team focused on decisions, not administration
Built for merger integration
Your tools. Your meetings. Zero behaviour change.
In Parallel layers onto what both organisations already use. Nobody downloads an app. Nobody changes their workflow. It just works — even across legacy systems.
Works with your existing tools
Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Slack, Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project. In Parallel layers onto what you already use, no migration during integration.
SOC 2 + GDPR
Enterprise security that deal teams and legal expect. EU data residency available. Audit reports on request.
Per user, with a free tier
€69 / user / month after a 20-day free trial of the full product. Notes is free up to 10 meetings / user / month, forever — no credit card.
Zero behaviour change
In Parallel joins your existing meetings. Nobody downloads an app. Nobody changes their workflow. It just works, even across both legacy organisations.
Cross-functional by design
Not an IT tool. Not an HR tool. A coordination layer that works across every workstream the PMO oversees.
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See every decision captured.
Notes is free up to 10 meetings/user/month, forever. Try the full product free for 20 days. Try it on your next integration workstream meeting. See every decision with an owner and a deadline. Then decide if you want the Living Plan.