8.1: Management Controls
Ensure Necessary EA Program Management Controls Are In Place and Functioning Other Information:
In Section 3 of this guide, accountability for the EA program was assigned to the EAESC, the CIO, and the Chief Architect.
Also, throughout this guide, EA process and product standards or controls that should be used to produce a complete, well-defined,
and useful EA have either been defined or referenced. (For example, the guide specified the need for a program management
plan to detail what will be done, when, and at what cost, as well as the need to establish management support functions, such
as configuration management, risk management, quality assurance, change control, etc. Also, the guide references EA frameworks
and tools that help define the content of the EA.) Knowing the extent to which these controls are being implemented on a continuous
basis is crucial to keeping the program on track. To do this, EAESC, the CIO, and the Chief Architect will respectively seek
reports (oral and written, routine and ad hoc, formal and informal) and conduct first hand reviews to obtain the appropriate
level of visibility into what is occurring on the program vis-à-vis what is expected. It is the responsibility of these accountable
entities to define what information they need, when and how often they need it, what the form and content of the information
should be, whether it should independently validated or not, etc. Through such information, the EAESC, the CIO, and the Chief
Architect can position themselves to know whether established program management controls are in place and functioning.
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