GCN on Popkin’s System Architect Follows Federal EA Model

A recent interview with Popkin Software's Jan Popkin shed light on the growing need for EA tools to support the Federal EA model:

"[Popkin Software's] System Architect 9.2 has an option for automating business-case reporting to match the Federal Enterprise Architecture reference model, said Jan Popkin, chief executive officer of the New York company.

An analysis feature called Enterprise Explorer Diagram visually depicts relationships among applications, technologies and locations, Popkin said. Via open-standard Scalable Vector Graphics images, it highlights redundant and overlapping systems. The Depiction Manager lets users globally change the symbols that represent systems in the framework to speed editing.

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The optional FEA Reference Model Support interface organizes an agency’s enterprise architecture to comply with Office of Management and Budget requirements, Popkin said. The company will update the software as OMB revises its FEA reference models."

We plan to touch base with Popkin Software on these developments in the near-term.