ACART Within the EM&I Services Lifecycle
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Understanding |
EM&I's senior-level consultants prepare your organization to better
assess, understand, analyze and document your enterprise architecture,
systems / business environments and acquisition process. We provide
services in the following areas:
- Assessments
(Enterprise Architecture Maturity, Level of Compliance, System / Program Alignment, Organizational Readiness)- Requirements Analysis Support
- Acquisition Management Support
- Systems Life Cycle Support
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| Program Scope |
Program Scoping Support - EM&I assists your program in choosing an
entry point into the architecture (ie. operational activities) and
determine the scope of the project relative to the architecture. This
scoping is completed for: activities, processes, data objects, data
elements and information exchanges. |
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ACART
Setup and
Configuration |
- ACART Container Development - EM&I converts all necessary architecture and requirements documentation into ACART "containers."
- ACART Installation - EM&I installs the customized ACART system and assures data integrity
- ACART Training - EM&I provides necessary user training
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ACART
Scoping and
Assertion |
Based on your program scope, program managers use ACART to make
assertions in the following areas:
- Laws, Regulations, Policies - ACART enforces LRPs
- Business Rules - ACART ensures system configuration is compliant with established rules
- Data Entities - ACART ensures that the system uses data entities which align with definitions
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ACART
Documentation
and Reporting |
Based on your assertions, ACART will enable your program to:
- Report the program's scope and state of compliancy
- Assert and save historical record of the program / system assessment
- Align the assessment with the compliance requirements
- Develop a program compliance plan
- Document planned corrective action for items marked "less than compliant"
- Create estimated completion dates for progress tracking
- Make assessment available for Pre-Certification Authority (PCA) review and approval
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Advanced
Management
by Design |
With this management visibility into operations, your organization
is positioned to leverage additional opportunities through EM&I,
including:
- Enterprise Architecture Oversight Support
- Enterprise Architecture Business Alignment Support
- IT Investment Analysis & Decision Support
- Portfolio-IT-Business Alignment & Analysis Support
- Program & Project Methodology Support
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