federal enterprise architecture and asset management

© 2004 Flashline, Inc.

Federal Enterprise Architecture and Asset Management

Charles StackCEO and FounderFlashline, Inc.

26 January 2004

Paul PocialikCTO and Co-founderNoblestar

Co-presenters:


Agenda

Asset-based Software Engineering Commercial practices for Federal

Agencies

Flashline Registry: Visibility, Governance, and Analytics Eliminate duplication, manage

compliance

Flashline Registry Demo Multiple asset types

Focus on Web Services FEA -> ARM (Agency Reference

Model)

Noblestar Roadmap to Common Process View Enterprise Architecture Asset lifecycle Common Process View


Software Endures

“Not the 90’s”

Long-lived platforms Java .Net Web Services

Hardware independence = Migrate forever

Software doesn’t wear out

Valuable intellectual property

Software transcends developers

Cost of duplicative systems Cut maintenance by 20% “Write Less Software”


Wide array of Assets

Rationale Software is strategic Increasingly long-lived Capture and transfer intellectual

property Tenets

View software as an asset Embrace mixed workload

environment Engineering discipline Portfolio management Measure-Evaluate-Improve

Benefits More discretionary cycles Reduced time-to-market Improved productivity Increased quality Simplicity

..an enterprise-wide, asset-centric disciplineto improve the

return on software..

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<< best practice >><< best practice >>

<< requirements >><< requirements >>

<< framework >><< framework >>

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Commercial Practices for Federal Agencies

Focus on assets

Implement engineering discipline

Encapsulate functionality within web services

Common Services Team

Measure, measure, measure

Stage 1:

Creating EA Awareness

Stage 2:

Building EA Management Foundation

Stage 3:

Developing EA Products

Stage 4:

Completing EA Products

Stage 5:

Leveraging EA to Manage Change

Enterprise Architecture Management Maturity Framework


Visibility, Governance, and Analytics

Flashline Registry delivers Enterprise Architecture solutions to large organizations which provide:

1. Visibility Inventory assets Enables reuse Reduces duplication

2. Governance Alignment of initiatives, projects,

and assets Compliance

3. Analytics Portfolio value Asset quality Reuse savings


Flashline Registry

Leading software asset management solution

Embodies Asset-based Software Engineering best practices

Integrates with existing development tools and repositories

Eliminates redundant development

Supports developer communities for assets, projects, and initiatives

Measures impact for ROI analysis

FLASHPACKS

OPTIONS

Asset Governance

Unified Asset Environment

INTEGRATIONS

Asset Management

Software Asset Managementfor Enterprise Programs

OPTIONS

Achieving a Higher Return On Software throughAsset-based Software Engineering

Enterprise Initiatives

Collaboration

REGISTRY

SERVICES

Expertise


Flashline Registry Web Services Demo


FlashPack for Federal Enterprise Architecture

Federal Architecture FlashPackAt-A-Glance

Asset Schema: Framework Services

Component Data Connector

Sample Assets: Frameworks Services

Components Standards

Key Metadata: FEA Compliance

Technology

Availability Integration

Standards

Key Relationships: Implements Replaces/

Replaced by

Previous & Next Version

Reports: Asset inventory

Compliance tracking

Categorizations: Performance, Business, Service, Technology, and Data & Info Reference Models

Special Extensions:

Automated loading for FEA reference models

Professional Services:

FEA asset-usage guide

Customize FEA categories

more…

Implements Five FEA reference models 24 E-Government initiatives OMB 300s support ET Component Schema as taxonomies

and asset types

FEA compliance tracking reports

Professional Services Asset metadata customization and

configuration Sample asset setup Development of FEA Asset Usage

Guide


Flashline Standards and Practices

Enterprise Architecture

Flashline’s Registry is built upon J2EE-compliant architecture and implements web services, XML/SOAP and WebDav for communications and asset management

Standards Organizations

On the Eclipse Board of Stewards A member of the OMG Flashline, with IBM Rational, submitted the Reusable Asset Specification (RAS) to the

OMG

Sharing Best Practices

Flashline’s Software Development Productivity Council Flashline delivers Best Practices seminars on Asset-based Software Engineering,

Web Services, and Asset/Component Reuse and Governance Industry award for Best Web Services Strategy 2003 by Software Business Magazine


Paul PocialikCTO and Co-FounderNoblestar Systems, Inc.

26 January 2004

Road Map to the Common Process View


EA is a Management Discipline

Alignment Governance Investment Speed, quality, productivity Responsive and cost effective


Functions to Process – Crossing the Chasm

BRM v2.0 is a function-driven framework 4 business areas 39 lines of business 153 sub-functions Cross reference of agencies by sub-function, LOB

Business process implications are not clear !!!

CPV architecture, infrastructure and intelligent process mining required to move forward


Common Process View (CPV)

CPV is NOT the “to-be” business process model CPV is NOT a standardized PM toolset/BPM methodology

proposition

CPV is a transformation architecture CPV provides a pragmatic and intelligent way to leverage

disparate PM assets Harvest Render Mine


Road Map to Common Process View

Scalable methodology Collaborative communities Process model diversity Asset management Uniform analytical architecture Intelligent process mining

Operationalization !!! Operationalization !!!


Assets are Fundamental

An asset is anything that has value in the sense the it can be shared, reused, referenced or otherwise leveraged in EA

Assets include very discrete and tangible software components (the obvious)

Assets also take more subtle forms – analysis/design specs, system and data architectures, business plans and models…

BRM artifacts are assets, including related business process models and other derivatives

All assets have a lifecycle (creation, utilization, and sunset phases). For example, BRM v2.0 derived from BRM v1.0

Any EA solution needs to manage the lifecycle of each asset and the horizontal and vertical linkages between assets


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assets(originals; proprietary)

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Operationalizing the EA

Harvested

Hot HouseOpen Source

Freeware

Submit

Review reject

Incoming Assets

Produce/Update

Custodian

Consume/Analyze

Interest/Gap Analysis

Evaluate

Redundant/Compliant?

Document

Deploy

Commercial

Subscribe/Accept /Reject

Registry

Usage/Governance

Reuse or Develop/Buy

Decision

Log/report

Change Notification

Analytics

Search/Locate

Classify:

• Emerging• Current• Twilight• Sunset


Summary

Noblestar uses a proprietary Program Management and Best Practices discipline for EA initiatives a) a defined, documented and proven process b) tested, effective, and best-of-breed tools c) experienced business and IT process expertise

Result is a Road Map to the Common Process View Ensures that business mission expectations are managed into program

and project initiatives EA alignment to applications and components is met through linkages

throughout various reusable asset types


The Noblestar/Flashline Difference

Extensive experience DC/Federal presence Our culture

Methodology centric Strong business modeling Sophisticated SW engineering Change agents

Public track record of innovation and successful commercialization Our road map to the Common Process View and operationalizing the FEA


Noblestar / Flashline Representative Customers

NAVSISA Standards adoption of EA initiatives Web services (.NET and UDDI) promotion Application and web service platform consolidation

efforts Developer portal for Java, data and tools

integration components

Federal Agency Open Source management Web service dissemination platform

Large DoD Contractor Hardware design language inventory portal across

5 design centers Software reuse program and development portal

for code components and related documentation

Freddie Mac Reuse Program Office Governance for SW build process Open Source management


Company Bios

Noblestar An expertise-based business and technology

professional services firm with 150 employees, established 1987

Headquartered in Reston, with field offices along the East Coast USA, in the Southwest USA, London, and Warsaw

Known for applying process and architectural rigor to solve complex business problems

Flashline A software company of 55 employees pioneering

Asset-based Software Engineering management solutions since 1998

Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio Emphasis on promotion, management and governance

of software asset portfolios


Contact Information:For More Information & Demonstrations

Noblestar

Charles Westbrook

Senior Manager, Federal

(703) 464-4069

[email protected]

Flashline, Inc.

Charles Stack

CEO

(216) 861-4000

[email protected]

Jana Crowder

Business Development

(703) 464-4006

[email protected]

Karen Perry

Director, Solutions Consulting

(410) 489-5974

[email protected]