4: Graduation
The technical viability and utility of ET components are demonstrated, whereupon they become candidates for use by agencies
and multi-agency CoPs (e.g. eGov projects & Lines of Business) and perhaps for inclusion in CORE.gov for Governmentwide access.
Other Information:
At Stage 4 of the ET.gov process, components have been demonstrated by communities of practice (CoPs) to be technically viable
and to have practical utility. Emerging information technologies "graduate" to become relatively mature information technology
(IT) components and, thus, candidates for consideration by the CIO Council's (COIC) Services Subcommittee for inclusion in
CORE.gov for governmentwide usage. Individual government agencies who have the most compelling business needs and have participated
in the CoPs considering each component will be prime candidates to become early adopters. Components that do not fit into
categories already recognized in the Service Component Reference Model (SRM) and technical specifications not cataloged in
the Technical Reference Model (TRM) will be referred to the CIOC's Governance Subcommittee for consideration in the process
for changes to the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) models. See also the form for proposing revisions to the FEA and
the description of that process, which references the ET.gov process on page 14 with respect to maintenance of the TRM in
particular. We do not have the resources to automate this stage yet but components and specifications demonstrating the required
degree of technical maturity and practical utility are listed at http://et.gov/stage4.htm#cops
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