3.2.3: Align Enterprise Architecture to Agency Strategic Planning
Enterprise architecture is sometimes defined as the “bridge” from strategic planning to implementation. Strategic planning
answers the question, “what”, that is, what are a program’s goals and objectives, measured either in outputs or outcomes.
Enterprise architecture begins with that information and answers the question, “how.” How to achieve the strategic plan? How
should a program structure business functions, recruit and train personnel and invest in support systems, to achieve goals
and objectives as stated in the strategic plan? The FEA PMO will further develop and make operational the “line of sight”
concept, which is the cause and effect relationship between inputs, outputs and outcomes. Aligning agency enterprise architecture,
beginning with its EA business model, to its strategic plan through the structured use of the Performance Reference Model,
establishes a logical line of sight from investment inputs to strategic outcomes. This work reinforces agency CIOs into becoming
strategic partners with program officials to achieve agency mission goals. The FEA PMO will identify example case studies
and seek to integrate performance model line of sight relationships into budget business cases.
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