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== Overview ==

The OMB Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework (the Framework) helps [[Office of Management and Budget|OMB]] and the [[List of United States federal agencies|agencies]] assess the capability of enterprise architecture programs to guide [[Information technology|IT]] investments.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170121152604/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/e-gov/FEA Federal Enterprise Architecture],{{dead link|date=February 2017}} Office of Management and Budget, USA.</ref> It helps to understand the current state of an agency’sagency's EA, and assists them in integrating it into their decision-making processes. By applying the assessment themselves, agencies can identify strengths and weaknesses within their programs, and adjust them accordingly.

Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework (EAAF) version 3.1 identifies the measurement areas and criteria by which agencies are expected to use the EA to drive performance improvements that result in the following outcomes:<ref name="eaaf"/>

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== Performance Improvement Lifecycle ==

Government agencies assess current performance, identifying opportunities for improvement, and translate them into specific actions. Enterprise architecture is an integrated management practice that helps the use of an agency’sagency's resources to achieve their goals. Architecture describes the pathway from strategic goals and objectives, through investments, to measurable performance improvements for the entire enterprise or a portion.<ref name="OBM09"/>

[[File:Information and IT-Enabled Performance Improvement Lifecycle.jpg|600px|thumb|center|Information and IT-Enabled Performance Improvement Lifecycle]]

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* measure and assess performance to verify and report results; and

* assess feedback on program performance to enhance architecture, investment and implementation decisions.

Opportunities to improve mission performance are prioritized in terms of their relative value to the agency’sagency's strategic goals and objectives in the enterprise transition plan (ETP) and segment architecture.<ref name="OBM09"/>

=== Architect ===

Enterprise architecture describes the current (baseline) and future (target) states of the agency, and the plan to transition from the current to the future state, with a focus on agency strategy, program performance improvements and information technology investments. Agency EAs are organized by segments – core mission areas (e.g., homeland security, health), business service (e.g., financial management, human resources), and enterprise services (e.g., Information Sharing). Segments are defined using the [[Federal Enterprise Architecture]] (FEA) reference models .<ref name="OBM09"/>

=== Invest ===

Performance improvement opportunities identified during the “Architect”"Architect" process are ideally addressed through an agency portfolio of IT investments. This step defines the implementation and funding strategy for individual initiatives in the Enterprise Transition Plan (ETP) and described in the segment architectures. Program management plans are created to implement the individual solutions.<ref name="OBM09"/>

=== Implement ===

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Information and information technology, as critical enablers of program performance improvements, must be assessed and evaluated in the context of agency missions and outcome-oriented results defined in the enterprise-wide performance architecture.<ref name="OBM09"/>

Performance improvement plans and priorities, including those previously gathered under the PART and Performance Assessment Report (PAR) programs, are reflected in the agency EA, particularly the performance architecture and ETP. Performance metrics previously gathered are used to evaluate the results in agency performance improvement plans, identifying a program’sprogram's strengths and weaknesses and addressing ways to improve the program performance.<ref name="OBM09"/>

=== Agency submission data quality ===

OMB collects a significant amount of IT investment data and other related data from executive agencies during each phase of Performance Improvement Lifecycle. OMB uses the information for development of an IT investment portfolio as a part of the President’sPresident's budget request to Congress.<ref name="OBM09"/>

==See also==