"Each step within the Globalisation, Internationalisation, Localisation chain will have an exponential impact on the next. If you don't take your Globalisation strategy seriously enough, then, in the absence of a firm mandate from the highest levels of your organization, Internationalisation will suffer because there will be no development impetus to properly Internationalize your software. If the Internationalisation effort is poor, Localisation will be painful, perhaps even impossible within certain software features, and you will be looking at a lengthy delta between your domestic software release and your localised releases.

Conversely, if you start with a solid and coherent Globalisation strategy that is communicated, in a relevant and contextual manner, to all levels within the organization, then Internationalisation will be an integral part of the SDLC (Systems Development Life-Cycle), Localisation should be a straightforward, finite task, and you will be in a better position to achieve a Sim-Ship of domestic and localised software releases."

- Wheeler, 2009