Nine schools, one network, many tools.
A living map of every platform deployed across Outward Bound USA and its nine regional schools — and the integrations, gaps, and overlaps that decide whether national-led change feels like infrastructure or interference.
The stack at a glance
A federated network's complexity isn't just the count of tools — it's the count of different tools doing the same job, plus the gaps where some schools have no tool at all. Each metric below points to a different kind of opportunity.
Productivity ecosystem
The Microsoft 365 vs. Google Workspace split that decides how shared deliverables, file formats, and collaboration tools will or won't render.
Stack composition
How the rows of the matrix are distributed today.
Top alignment opportunities
Subcategories where one platform decision could collapse the most fragmentation. Multi-tool portfolios (AI, transcription) are excluded — those aren't misalignments.
Top coverage gaps
Subcategories where one or more schools have confirmed they have no solution. A different conversation from misalignment — about access, awareness, and risk exposure.
Who's running what, where
Each row is a job to be done; each column is an organization, badged with its productivity ecosystem. Cells are colored by the alignment status of that row. ✕ Gap = surveyed and no solution. Dashed empty cell = not yet surveyed. Click any cell or row to drill in.
The wiring underneath
Platforms only deliver value through the integrations between them. This is the live network — pulled from your architecture diagrams — of how data, identity, and money flow. Toggle an organization to see how the picture fractures when its choices diverge from OBUSA's.
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What divergence is costing
A federation with N platforms doing the same job carries up to N × (N − 1) / 2 integration paths, plus a real annual dollar cost in licenses, admin time, and connector maintenance. Toggle the alignment scenarios to see both numbers move.
Scenarios
Each toggle represents an alignment decision the federation could make. The math doesn't care which side of the debate you're on; it cares about the count.
Today, the federation maintains
distinct integration paths across the categories where schools have diverged. Each path is at minimum: one connector, one identity model, one consent reconciliation, one place to debug.
— integration paths could be retired with the alignment decisions toggled at left.
Translating drift into dollars
Adjust the assumption sliders to match your federation's reality. The estimate updates live and reflects whichever scenarios are toggled at the top of this section.
Assumptions
Estimated annual hidden cost of misalignment
Moving from snapshot to roadmap
A federated network's appetite for alignment is finite. Spend it on the categories where the integration math is brutal and the school-level lift is low — and treat coverage gaps as a separate conversation.
Identity & data plumbing
Salesforce, Segment, Snowflake, OneTrust — already largely aligned. Lock it in as a non-negotiable so nothing downstream has to be rebuilt.
Lifecycle marketing / ESP
Braze, Constant Contact, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign in play simultaneously. The most fragmented row in the matrix and the highest dollar cost. Propose Braze as the federation default with a 12-month migration runway.
Productivity ecosystem
M365 vs. Google Workspace is mostly a school-by-school heritage choice. Catalog it; don't try to flip it. Make sure shared deliverables work in both formats.
Multi-tool portfolios
AI assistants, transcription tools, payment gateways. Schools combine multiples for different reasons — that's a portfolio, not a misalignment. Govern data exposure and procurement, not vendor selection.
The blank cells
A meaningful share of the matrix is still unknown. Each blank is a future surprise. A 30-minute survey per school, mapped against this matrix, retires most of them and surfaces real gaps that need addressing.
Coverage holes
Where schools have confirmed they have no tool at all — donor prospecting, surveys, signature, scheduling — that's an access conversation, not an alignment one. National-funded shared seats are often the cheapest path.