1. Department of the Treasury Ira Grossman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration December 9, 2004 An Overview of the Chief Architects Forum

2. 1  What is CAF?  Progress To Date  CAF 2005 Meeting Schedule  January 6, 2005 Meeting - EA Dictionary/Glossary  Conclusion Agenda

3. 2 What is CAF?  The Chief Architects Forum serves as a formal mechanism for the voice of the Chief Architect Community to be heard by the AIC Leadership, CIO Council, and OMB.  The Forum is comprised of Chief Architects from federal government agencies.  Provides an opportunity for Chief Architects to get together to share real world experiences and identify specific issues to promote EA successes.

4. 3 The Chief Architects Forum  The CAF meets quarterly and focuses on topics that are relevant to advancing the practice of EA.  During the meetings, participants are facilitated in small group breakout sessions on various EA topics.  A discussion summary of the meeting is prepared, which includes analysis, and is disseminated to the CAF community via the CAF list serve.  The summary is also sent to the AIC Leadership.

5. 4 Progress To Date 2004 CAF Meeting Summaries

6. CY 2005 Meeting Schedule  January 6, 2005 –Participate in a breakout session to begin collaboration among Agencies to derive at a Strawman common set of EA definitions that can be used by all Federal Enterprise Architecture constituencies –Create a forum for shared ideas and feedback from each agency on its EA and compare similarities among agencies. –Outcome: Working draft EA Dictionary/Glossary (Version 1.0)  May 12, 2005  July 7, 2005  October 27, 2005 All the meetings will be held at NOAA in Silver Spring, Maryland from 1- 4 pm. The meetings are Government only - Chief architects and government support staff. Industry participation is welcome by CAF invitation only to companies who are members of the Industry Advisory Council.

7. January 6, 2005 Meeting: Objective and Tentative Agenda EA Definition Session January 6, 2005 A. Welcome Introduction – Ira Grossman (2 minutes) B. Meeting Objectives – Michael Farber (5 minutes) C. Presentation by Dick Burke, Chief Architect, OMB-FEAPMO (10 minutes) D. Small Group Break out Sessions (60 minutes)-EA Glossary E. Break (10 minutes) F. Report Outs from Small Groups (30 minutes) G. Group Discussion (60 minutes) H. Concluding Remarks (3 minutes) The objective of this meeting is to begin to develop a draft Dictionary/Glossary of Enterprise Architecture Terms and Terminologies that the Government could then refine and publish as a de jure standard to be used across the federal government Tentative

8. 7 Draft EA Dictionary/Glossary  The Industry Advisory Council will prepare a strawman draft EA Dictionary/Glossary to be introduced at the CAF Meeting.  This dictionary will be used in small group break-outs and will be refined and will serve as the basis for the Draft Version 1.0 of the EA Dictionary/Glossary  The dictionary will contain an edited set of terminologies and terms  The draft EA Dictionary/Glossary Version 1.0 will be placed on the Wiki to give constituents an opportunity to improve the definitions after the CAF meeting

9. 8 EA Dictionary/Glossary Categories  Meta EA Definitions  Business Architecture Definitions  Data Architecture Definitions  Information Architecture Definitions  Application Architecture Definitions  Infrastructure Architecture Definitions

10. Meta Enterprise Architecture Definitions –Architecture –Architecture Framework –Baseline Architecture (As-Is Architecture) –Best Practice –Capability Maturity Model –Collaboration –Constituent –Elevator Speech –Enterprise –Enterprise Architecture Capability Maturity Model –Enterprise Architecture Model –Federal Enterprise Architecture –Federated Enterprise –Federation –Framework –Gap Analysis –Information Technology –IT Principle –Line of Sight –Linkage –Methodology –Migration Plan –Model –Ontology –Reference Model –Relationship –Repository –Semantic Ontology –Sequencing Plan –Target Architecture (To-Be Architecture)

11. Business Architecture Definitions –Action –Analysis –Business –Business Capability –Business Question –Cause –Capital Planning and Investment Control –Critical Success Factor –Conclusion –Condition –Decision –Earned Value Management –Exhibit 300 –Finding –Goal –Key Performance Indicator –Lines of Business –Measure –Milestone –Mission –Objective –OMB Circular No. A-11 Section 300 –Opportunity –Performance Metric –Policy –Problem –Program Management –Project Management –Recommendation –Requirement –Risk –Rule –Strategic Plan –Strategic Requirement –Success Factor –Vision

12. 11 Data Architecture Definitions –Association –Business Context –Business Data Flow –Data –Data Base –Data Class –Data Dictionary –Data Element –Data Element Description –Data Object –Data Property –Data Representation –Data Store –Information Exchange Package –Meta Data –Query Class –Resource Class –Resource Description –Security Context –Service Class –Service Context –Subject Area –Subject Class –Subject Context –Super Type –Unique Identifiers

13. 12 Information Architecture –Attribute –Exchange Class –Exchange Payload –Function –Information –Information Exchange –Information Group –Information Object –Information Process –Module –Product –Product Item –Product Line –Service

14. 13 Applications Architecture  Application  Application Building Block  Application Function  Application Type  Component  Service  Software

15. 14 Infrastructure Architecture Definitions –Application Environment –Blade –Broadband –Cellular (Mobile) Phone –Computer –DBMS –Disk –Equipment –Ethernet –Gigabit –Hardware –Handheld Computer –High Performance Computing –Hub –Interface –Internet –Internet Cloud –Internet Protocol (IP) –Internet Two –Laptop Computer –Local Area Network

16. 15 Infrastructure Architecture Definitions –Mainframe –Memory –Metropolitan Area Network –Middleware –Network –Network Router –Operating System –Peripheral Equipment –Personal Digital Assistant –POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) –Protocol –Server –Service System –Specification –Storage –Switch –Transmission Control Protocol, (TCP) –Technology Function –Technology Item –Telecommunications –Voice Over IP –Wide Area Network –Wireless LAN

17. 16 January 6, 2005 Meeting: Development and Approval Process for EA Glossary

18. 17 Conclusion Ira Grossman, Chief Architect National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce Ira.M.Grossman@noaa.gov Stephen Lowe, Senior Enterprise Architect Department of Housing and Urban Development stephen_lowe@hud.gov Roy Mabry, Governance Subcommittee Co-Chair, Senior Enterprise Architect Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense Roy.Mabry@osd.mil Pat Heinig, Chief Enterprise Architect Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce pheinig@bis.doc.gov Mary McCaffery, Senior Advisor, Assistant Administrator Environmental Protection Agency mccaffery.mary@epamail.epa.gov John Sullivan, Chief Architect, Environmental Protection Agency sullivan.john@epamail.epa.gov Susan Turnbull, Senior Program Advisor, Office of Intergovernmental Solutions and Office of Citizen Services and Communications General Services Administration susan.turnbull@gsa.gov Chief Architects Forum (CAF) Planning Members:  The CAF is an active body and its success is dependent on your participation.  Please feel free to contact the CAF Planning Team for further information about upcoming meetings.

19. 18 Background

20. 19 The Chief Architects Forum  What is the purpose of CAF? –To assist Chief Architects in improving the practice and usefulness of architectures in their agencies and in the Federal Government at large.  What is the philosophy of CAF? –The belief that federal – wide EA success rests squarely on the success of the individual and departments.

21. 20 Planning for the CAF  The CAF planning team meets on a bi-monthly basis to prepare for quarterly CAF Meetings.

22. 21 January 6, 2005 Meeting: Action Steps  Preparation for Meeting  Discuss ideas with individual agency  Bring notes on important talking points for small groups  During Meeting  Meet in small groups to brainstorm  Take notes on terminology and share individual agencies’ perspectives  Select a representative to summarize group findings  Present findings to larger group  After Meeting  Take findings back to individual agency  Prepare agencies perspective on findings and prepare to participate in revision sessions