Whole of Government EA Framework

Introduction

• Enterprise Architecture is vital to any organization as it paves the path to manage complexity and the ever changing organization.
• Referring to TOGAF, Zachman and other domain specific pragmatic frameworks, Whole of Government (WOG) consists of a number of reference architecture which deals with various layers of Enterprise Architecture.
• Framework mainly describes the governance and management aspects of any entity by the below dimensions, these dimensions apply for both federal and state governments.
• Directive viewpoints

1. Governance
2. Security

• Management viewpoints

1. Business
2. Application
3. Data
4. Technology

Common Government Operating Model

EA Artifacts

Horizontal layers (left) denoting the four dimensions:

• Business
• Application
• Data
• Technology?

Horizontal layers (right) describes directive (Governance) and security dimensions:

• Whole of Goverment Authority
• Federal / State Ministries or departments

Upcoming Article

• Reference Architecture
• Principles, Standards & Guidelines