As recently reported, the US Office of Management and Budget's Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEAPMO) is continuing to move forward with assessment of federal government agencies enterprise architetures. The newest aspect of this push is the release of the FEAPMO assessment tool for the evaluation of enterprise architectures.
Jason Miller of GCN reported that
"The EA Assessment Framework Version 1.0 will let agencies rate the capability of their modernization blueprints. OMB said it complements the General Accounting Office’s EA Management Maturity Framework, which assesses EA capacity."
The FEAPMO's EA Assessement Framework (see PDF) seeks to mesaure the enterprise architecture relative to its orientation toward
- Change -- how well the architecture can support change
- Integration -- how well the architecture flexes through standardization of information, interoperation, interfaces, and connectivity
- Convergence -- how well the architecture accords with the agency's already established Technical Reference Model (TRM)
- Business Alignment -- how well the architecture ensures alignment with the agency's strategic intent.
We anticipate that there will be quite a lot of controversy about the assessment tool, and its application.
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