1. U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program Select-Level Business Cases USDA Enabler’s Gameboard and Upcoming Schedule

2. U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program 2 Context for Next Steps Leverage Investments To Eliminate Redundancy Deliver Information From a Customer Point of View Define Functional Capabilities One Stop Shopping Access Intuitive Presentations Easy Access Information Electronic Alternative to eSignatures Enterprise Approach to Online Learning Collect Information once for reuse eAuthentication eLearning eDeployment Content Management Information Management Data Management Portal Services Web Presences Create 3 Working Teams Create eGovernment Strategic Plan Pre Select Business Cases Engage Subject Matter Experts Facilitated Visioning Sessions Select Business & Technical Services Risk Assessment for eAuthentication Actions/Tasks Standards Architectures Implementation Planning Functional Solution Process & Procedures Deliverables Capital Planning & Investment Control (CPIC) Process Kick off for Projects

3. U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program 3 Define Functional (Business) Requirements Educate stakeholders Identify best practice requirements Review best practices with mission areas Gather agency specific and strategic functional requirements Synthesize functional requirements and disseminate for review Finalize functional requirements Define Select-Level Business Case Section Templates Review CPIC guide Create templates Obtain sign-off from IRM Publish final templates 1 Marketing and Communications Document Best Practices for completing select-level business case *Includes Workplan, Project Scorecard, Status Reports, quality assurance and general project management activities 2 Project Management* September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 Dec 2002 eGovernment Gameboard – Smart Choice Select Business Cases / Implementation Planning Define Technical Requirements Technical Requirements Security Plan Telecommunications Plan Analysis of Existing Systems (if applicable) Technical Architecture Plan eGovernment Plan 3 Enterprise Solutions Center Planning Define enterprise services to be offered based (in part) on functional and technical requirements Architecture schema to support enterprise services Organizational requirements, governance, and communications to support enterprise services Complete Cost/Benefit Analysis Complete Risk Assessment Complete Implementation Project Planning 4 Obtain Approval & Submit Complete OMB 300 Enter in to ITIPS Obtain approval from CPIC Obtain approval from EITIRB Submit to OMB 6 Finalize Business Cases Complete executive summary and one page overviews Disseminate to agencies for final review and comments Complete final drafts of all sections 5

4. U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program 4 High Level Schedule

5. U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program 5 Upcoming Meetings Schedule (Enablers) 9/239/249/259/269/27 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday Business & Technical Requirements eLearning, eDeployment, eAuth Additional Requirements Performance Measures- eLearning, eDeployment, eAuth 9/3010/110/210/310/4 Security Kick Off Meeting Telecom Kick Off Meeting eLearning Team Mtg eAuth Team Mtg eDeploy Team Mtg