Our Enterprise Architecture (EA) Approach

Our Enterprise Management Consulting Group recognizes that managers need more detail about their operations to demonstrate the appropriate allocation of resources and to identify where additional resources are needed.  Our EA Framework utilizes an adaptive enterprise architecture approach that effectively supports the business of government, enables information sharing across traditional barriers, enhances government’s ability to deliver effective and timely services, and supports agencies in their efforts to improve government functions and services. Adaptive enterprise architecture increases the government’s ability to deliver effective and timely services and to support agencies in their efforts to improve the overall functioning of government. Sharing information, maximizing resource investment, increasing technology reuse opportunities, and meeting the public’s ever-increasing expectations for electronic access to government information and services are major motivating factors driving the need for implementation of common enterprise architecture and standards.

Our approach to EA provides a holistic view that goes beyond enterprise-wide technical architecture models once believed to be solutions in the federal market place. We utilize EA as part of a suite of tools to enable rapid change in business processes and in the applications and infrastructure that enable them.  In order to address complex government needs, we employ a performance enhancing suite of solutions that, in addition to EA, include: 

• IT Governance—the design of leadership elements, structure, and processes that facilitate effective control and management of IT related functions.
• IT Strategic Planning—the definition of IT strategies, goals, methods and performance criteria for meeting an organization’s strategic objectives.
• IT Portfolio Management—an integrated approach to managing IT investments that provides continuous analyses of cost and benefit. Portfolio Management ensures a strong link between the Enterprise Strategic Plan, the Enterprise Architecture, and specific program management initiatives.
• Project/Program Management—the executing function for Capital Investments.  Program Management is both driven by and responsive to the Portfolio Management process.

• Change Management—a  key enabler to ensure the long term success of any process or technological improvement initiative.  The Change Management process aligns the enterprise’s culture to the strategic business and IT goals.