"Setting the Stage for More Effective IT Initiatives"

Silo operations, with disparate and disconnected solutions within enterprise business units are rapidly giving way to interoperable solutions based on unifying technology platforms and common data and process models. Today's system architectures must be developed within the context of a broader enterprise architecture that considers:

• A broad business reference model, including mission, goals, and objectives
• All business stakeholders, both internal and external
• Agency-wide business processes, and the interaction those processes have with external people, businesses, and agencies
• The broad array of services the agency may provide—both internally and externally
• The encompassing scope of data the agency uses in the course of business
• Other agency systems

A properly developed enterprise architecture yields an agile technology framework for streamlined development of new systems and the ability to quickly adapt to changing technology and business process needs. Today's most sophisticated architectures leverage XML and secure web services to create a digital web of interconnected capabilities.

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IT Strategy Definition and Planning Methodology