IT Portfolio Management Solution Strategy Implementation Planning Business Case Development Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office Project Management Requirements Analysis System Architecture Full Lifecycle Development Excella Assists OMB With Government-wide Enterprise Architecture Office of Management and Budget Government-wide Enterprise Architecture Business Need In 2002, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) started developing a government-wide enterprise architecture. OMB wanted to expand the use of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) and assist agencies in developing their own enterprise architecture practices based on the FEA. In doing so, OMB hoped to move the Federal Government towards a more citizen-centered, results-oriented enterprise that maximizes technology investments. Once initial releases of the FEA were completed, however, many agencies were still early in the development of their own enterprise architectures and the FEA had seen limited use as an effective management tool. OMB wanted to make the FEA more mature, relevant, and useful and wanted to develop a strategy to support the long-term evolution of the FEA. The Solution Excella was engaged to provide strategic leadership and day-to-day management for this government-wide enterprise architecture. Excella provided thought leadership and supported the development of guidance to help agencies understand and apply the FEA in developing their own enterprise architectures, especially in how enterprise architecture linked to IT investment and implementation processes. Excella also participated in a strategic team that developed the Federal Transition Framework, which is designed to improve communication between OMB and the agencies and increase the adoption of cross-agency initiatives. Through this effort, Excella identified and defined new opportunities to use the FEA more extensively and to demonstrate tangible results from its use across the Federal Government. This included the analysis of new Line of Business (LoB) initiatives, such as the IT Infrastructure Optimization LoB, which will save the government tens of billions of dollars over the next ten years. Excella also provided management support and progress tracking for FEA strategic initiatives and supported the development of a governance process for FEA deliverables, which addressed a number of change management issues. Excella subcontracted to SRA/Touchstone to perform this work. Enterprise Architecture Solution Strategy

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