Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration Service Oriented Architecture: How Can We Help Our Organizations Benefit? SOA for E-Gov conference attendees Con Kenney May 23, 2006

Roadmap for Enterprise Architecture 2 Federal Aviation Administration 28 February 2006 Experience in the private sector Milestones –1993: conceived “service-based architecture” –1994: demonstrated architecture –1995: struggled with structure, governance, funding, control, and methodology –1996: deployed SOA application system We failed to resolve any of the organizational issues

Roadmap for Enterprise Architecture 3 Federal Aviation Administration 28 February 2006 Barriers to adoption Assumptions of business decision makers –More IT mumbo jumbo –Teamwork is more trouble than it’s worth Assumptions of IT executives –Monolithic applications are simpler –Bigger IT budgets are better Assumptions of developers –Producing code is what gets you ahead –My code is the best Assumptions of project managers –Minimize interdependencies on other projects –Keep the critical path as simple as possible

Roadmap for Enterprise Architecture 4 Federal Aviation Administration 28 February 2006 FAA situation 3 major sub-portfolios –National Airspace System (NAS) – large, complex, command and control system with hard real-time requirements: movement to SOA depends on COTS products meeting stringent performance targets –Administrative applications – standardized processes implemented by COTS ERP applications: movement to SOA depends on vendor enhancements –Regulatory and NAS support applications – mostly homegrown, DBMS-centered applications: movement to SOA depends on our willingness to resolve organizational issues

Roadmap for Enterprise Architecture 5 Federal Aviation Administration 28 February 2006 Developing the practice of architecture Making experiments Retraining ourselves Establishing different incentives Creating new ways to communicate with key stakeholders –Economic value –Time to market –Governance to mitigate interdependency risks –Rewards for reuse

Roadmap for Enterprise Architecture 6 Federal Aviation Administration 28 February 2006 To decide the services with most value to the business, look at capabilities Plan Strategic Planning Aviation Safety Policy & Regulation Certification Safety Process & Research Compliance & Enforcement Aviation Education & Industry Outreach Administrative Services Delivery and Execution of Programs Law Interpretation and Regulation Oversight Program Administration and Monitoring Policy Planning Regulation Planning Registry Applicant Evaluation Delegation Program Management Certification Planning System Safety Data Analysis Research and Technology Analysis System Safety Program Management Research and Technology Program Management System Safety Program Planning Research and Technology Planning Enforcement Reviews Surveillance and Inspections Compliance and Enforcement Monitoring Compliance Planning IT Planning HR Planning HR Operations Manage Execute Delegation Planning Appeals Certificate Issuance Enforcement Planning Investigations Accounting Procurement Planning Applications Management Guidance Development Knowledge Management Treaties and Agreements Privacy Policy Communications Planning Training Planning Communications & Outreach Training Program Management Delivery of Communications & Outreach Programs Delivery of Training Programs Interagency Liaisons Compliance and Enforcement Reporting IT Management Contracts Management Financial Management Performance Monitoring Quality Management