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Gap, Redundancy, Reuse Analysis
The Gap Analysis within the Context of the Target Architecture
The earlier Target Architecture Strategy section introduced a vision of the desired Target Architecture End-State, at a five to seven year planning horizon. Following that, the Segment Architecture Development Section introduced VA’s strategy for implementing business improvements and IT systems within a series of discrete segment architectures. Each of these segment architectures either optimizes resource sharing among a group of highly related business lines or defines a group of related sharable services for use across the enterprise. The subsequent Target Architecture Transition Plan identified actions that the Office of Enterprise Architecture Management is taking to implement both the planned segment architectures and related IT investments which will result in achieving the desired target end-state. This Gap, Redundancy, and Reuse sections identify what additional investments (and adjustments to investments) are required, within the forthcoming BY-2009 Portfolio to move VA toward achieving the target architecture end-state.
Identification of Implementation Gaps and Reuse Opportunities
This Target Reuse, Redundancy and Gap Analysis section considers each of the ongoing projects within the current portfolio from the standpoint of sufficiency and completeness. Wherever the Target Vision calls for a development activity that is not identified within a current project, a project-placeholder entry is provided. Each project-placeholder entry is then discussed as a potential, new project within the following EA Portfolio Recommendations section, in order to bring the matter to the attention of VA's business-line stakeholders. Project-Placeholder entries appear in Bold-Italic Typeface within the table.
Projects and project-placeholders are organized within the five target architecture layers and they reference their related segment architectures in the tables below. The gap and reuse analysis proceeds as follows:
- When a project is found to be incomplete a "gap" is identified and the omission is cited in the "Identify Potential Gap" column of the table;
- When a project can possibly reuse existing sharable components or sharable data, or when the project is understood to provide sharable components or sharable data, for reuse in other projects, then those factors are documented in the "Identify Potential for Reuse" column of the table;
- When there is a possibility to combine two projects or to subsume one project with another, because of duplication of effort, then that factor is noted within the "Duplication-Consolidation" column of the table.
- When an entire project is missing, which would be required to complete the target end-state vision, then that unsatisfied requirement is identified in Bold-Italic-Typeface on a “missing-project-placeholder” line within the table;
- Possible future IT requirements (which may be business-line pilot activities without specific IT requirements at present) are cited in the table and shown in Italic-Italic-Typeface, and are labeled "Possible Future-Requirement".
Service Access Layer
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Initiative Identification |
Reuse, Redundancy & Gap Analysis |
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Initiative Name |
Related Segment Architecture |
CPIC-Status Project-Status And Planned Deployment Date |
Initiative Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
Identify Potential for Reuse |
Identify Potential Gap |
Identify Possible Duplication and Consolidation with other Initiatives |
Gap/Reuse Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
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One VA Contact Center (EA-45) |
Identity management Services Segment |
Approved Budget Re-Baselined Milestone-1, Deploy-by: 9/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
This Project will produce sharable data and contact management services which will then be available across all business lines and to other projects
VAMP (The VBA Application Replacement Project) EA-60 has been identified to utilize services provided by this One-VA Contact Center Project |
No Apparent Gap |
The VBA/VBRS System Development Effort develops a common knowledgebase of VA benefit, service and process information (including State veteran program information) for answering veteran inquiries, to assure that veterans receive complete, correct, and consistent information on every call.
During 2006, VBRS was consolidated with the Contact Management Project. |
EA V4.0 GAP Analysis Section 5/2005
EA V4.1 GAP Analysis Section 2/2006
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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VHA VistA Imaging (EA-17) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Continuing Milestone-3 Deploy-by: 9/5/2011 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
This project develops an Imaging standard and sharable service technology that will apply to numerous Medical Imaging applications deployed across all VA VISNs
These Imaging Services may have reuse potential within other Federal Health Care Systems therefore they will be posted within the Federal Transition Framework Sharable Service Directory |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential
However, this project will retire many local, non-standard, legacy medical imaging support systems |
EA V4.0 GAP Analysis Section '5/2005
EA V4.1 GAP Analysis Section 2/2006
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WEB Presentation Standardization |
“Proposed” Information Services Segment |
Not in CPIC (Implemented thru O&M) Deploy-by: 6/21/2006 |
VA Policy for Web Site Look and Feel 12/21/2005 |
Establishes a Web Look/Feel This standard applies across all VA websites |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
EA V4.1 2/2006 |
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WEB Content Management Standardization |
“Proposed” Information Services Segment:
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Not in CPIC Implemented thru O&M Deploy-by: 7/1/2007 |
VA Directive 6102 Chapter 7 a/o 12/2005 |
Content Mgt Standard and COTS solution. This standard applies across all VA websites |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
EA V4.1 2/2006 |
Business Rule Implementation Layer
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Initiative Identification |
Reuse, Redundancy & Gap Analysis |
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Initiative Name |
Related Segment Architecture |
CPIC-Status Project-Status And Planned Deployment Date |
Initiative Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
Identify Potential for Reuse |
Identify Potential Gap |
Identify Possible Duplication and Consolidation with other Initiatives |
Gap/Reuse Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
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VistA Laboratory Information System (EA-18) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Continuing Milestone-1 Deploy-by: 9/1/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
This project replaces the VHA Legacy Laboratory Service's IT system and its associated business processes. The replacement system should interface with the Health Data Repository and with the RE-Veterans-Identification data store, providing data sharing and re-use opportunities in both areas. |
No Apparent Gap |
This project will create a patient-centric knowledgebase of laboratory information that will be accessible to all 158 VA healthcare facilities. It will eliminate separate data stores at each facility.
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EA V4.0 5/2005
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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VA Payroll Replacement System - e-Payroll (EA-34) |
“Proposed” Financial Services Segment |
Continuing Milestone-2 Deploy-by: 9/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Utilizes the PMA e-Payroll solution
Will be implemented for all VA employees and all VA locations |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
By-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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VBA Application Migration Project (VAMPS) (EA-60) This was an EA- Recommended Project in EA V4.1 (2/2005) which was subsequently adopted in 2006 |
”Proposed” Benefits Business Segment |
This was an “EA V4.1-proposed” project in 2007 It Has been initiated as the new VBA Application Migration Project (VAMPS) at Milestone-0 and it will appear as a new investment within BY-2008 |
VA BY-2008 Portfolio EA V4.2 VBA Project Architecture Initiative in 2006 |
This initiative will assure that the single authoritative data source, developed by the DIMHRS, RE and CM initiatives, will be accessible to all VBA legacy business systems. This project addresses the requirement that was articulated in the “DIMHRS Proposed Gap Project” within EA V4.1
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This project resolves two gaps which were identified in the EA V4.1 Portfolio Recommendations, specifically: 1) A new project is required to remediate VA Legacy Business-Line Apps to receive & process veteran identification & demographic data that are altered by the DIMHRS VA/DoD data sharing initiative - this is addressed with an unfunded, optional task in VAMPS; and 2) A new project to integrate RE veteran identity data with existing VBA benefit applications - this is addressed with the base-level VAMPS task |
No Consolidation Potential with other initiatives |
EA V4.0 '5/2005 EA V4.1 2/2006
Project-Architecture Stakeholder Review 1/2006 |
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VBA Data Centric Transition for VR&E and Education (EA-59) |
”Proposed” Benefits Business Segment |
New Investment in BY-2008 Milestone-1 Deploy-by 9/2010 |
VA-BY-2008 Portfolio EA V4.2 VBA Project Architecture Initiative in 2006 |
This project will provide a data-centric claim processing and document- imaging system for the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment business line and for the Education business line.
This solution is designed to be shared by the remaining four benefit business lines
It will become a sharable service center within VA’s emerging SOA |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential
However, this project will provide a common claims processing and document imaging service which will be shared by all benefits business lines, thereby reducing the complexity and unique system development cost within each benefit business line |
BY-2008 Portfolio |
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VHA Medical and Prosthetic Research (EA-13) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Continuing Milestone-2 Deploy-by: 3/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 92005
Ex-300(2008) 9/2006
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This project provides a standard web-based management system for research proposals, grants and projects which will support an initial 15000 research projects across 115 VA medical facilities
Eliminates stovepipe legacy research grant processing systems at many local VA facilities.
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No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential
Many local legacy grants management systems are eliminated by this project. |
EA V4.0 5/2005
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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VHA Pharmacy Re-Engineering and IT Support (EA-14) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Continuing Milestone-3 Deploy-by: 9/2007 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/2006
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This Project will provide enhanced patient safety capabilities along with much needed legacy system replacement for VHA pharmacy support functions.
The replacement system should interface with the HDR veteran-shared-health-information data store and with the RE-Veterans-Identification data store, providing data sharing and re-use opportunities in both areas. |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential
However this project will replace many local legacy stove-piped systems with a national database. The national drug file will be updated 52 times per year (as opposed to the current 5 updates per year) thereby improving the quality of care and patient safety |
EA V4.0 5/2005
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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VHA Appointment Scheduling Replacement (EA-15) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Continuing Milestone-2 Deploy-by: 6/2008 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/2006
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This Project will reduce the wait-time between booking and executing outpatient health care appointments within the VHA health care system.
The replacement system will interface with the HDR veteran-shared-health-information data store and with the RE-Veterans-Identification data store, providing data sharing and re-use opportunities in both areas. |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential
This project will create a national system and database which will retire many stovepipe legacy systems |
EA V4.0 5/2005
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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VA-Learning Management System (EA-16) |
“Proposed” Education & Training Services Segment |
Continuing Milestone-3 Deploy-by: 2/2008 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/13/2006
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Utilizes the PMA e-Training Solution |
No Apparent Gap |
Consolidates and replaces all local and administration legacy training systems into one national web-portal.
Creates a unified training record for all VA training requirements |
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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Patient Financial Services System (PFSS) (EA-05) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Continuing Milestone-2 Deploy by 9/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
No Apparent Reuse Potential |
No Apparent Gap |
This project will consolidate and replace a variety of legacy third party billing systems with one standard national system |
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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The Education Expert System (TEES) (EA-25) |
“Proposed” Benefits Business Segment |
Continuing Milestone-3 Deploy-by: 7/2007 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
This project provides a system that will process 90% of all education benefit applications and student status changes without human intervention
No Apparent Reuse Potential |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential
Replaces legacy education benefit processing system and dramatically reduces manual processing |
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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PIV (EA-62) VA e-Authentication Solution (Formerly AAIP)
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“Proposed” Information Services Segment |
Not in CPIC Pre-Milestone 0
Unscheduled project recommended by EA V4.1 & EA V4.2
Deploy-by: Mid-2009 |
AAI Re-Baseline |
Utilizes the PMA e-Authentication Solution |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential
Process would become a sharable solution to be applied to all VA business lines, stakeholders and application systems |
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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“FLITE” Financial Management Replacement (Formerly CoreFLS Re-baseline `- Project Placeholder Entry) (EA-40) |
“Proposed” Financial Services Segment |
Approved Budget Re-Baselined Milestone 1 Deploy-by: 9/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Possible future use of PMA e-Finance Solution
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No Apparent Gap |
This project will consolidate over many legacy financial systems across VA, replacing them with a single system and data store, capable of consolidated, Department-wide reporting.
The following major legacy systems will be replaced (a) PAID, (b) FMS; (c) IFCAP; (d) AMERS/MRS Along with 24 lesser systems. |
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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MyHealtheVet Interactive health record management: (EA-42) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Approved Budget Continuing Milestone 2 Phased Implementation between 2006 and 2011 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Project will be initially implemented VA-wide with no further potential for reuse |
No Apparent Gap |
This is new veteran self-service functionality with no project consolidation potential |
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006
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VA e-Travel Solution |
“Proposed” Memorial Burial and Headquarters Business Segment |
Project completed Milestone 4 In 2006
Project in O&M |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Utilizes the PMA e-Travel Solution |
No Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
By-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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VHA Enrollment Enhancement (EA-63) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
2008 Budget Requested Project at Milestone-0 Deployment planned for 9/2012 |
Ex-300(2008) 9/2006 |
Will be initially implemented across 1400 VHA health care facilities with no identified potential forfurther reuse |
No Apparent Gap |
Candidate for consolidation with the One-VA Registration Eligibility Program (EA-46) |
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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VHA Vista Foundation Modernization (EA-64) Replaces HealtheVet-Vista (EA-41) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Approved Budget as HealtheVet-Vista in 2007 Project at Milestone-1 Deployment planned for 9/2010 |
Ex-300(2008) 9/2006 |
This is a base level process for healthcare. It will be deployed in 6 regions to support over 150 healthcare facilities |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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VBA Rules-Based Claims Processing (EA-61) |
“Proposed” Benefits Business Segment |
Initial Budget Request for BY-2008 Project at Milestone-0 Deploy by 9/2013 |
Ex-300(2008) 9/2006 |
This project implements a rule-engine that may be adapted or expanded to support other benefit business lines |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential
However this project will replace the claims processing portion of two or more benefit business line systems |
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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VA e-Records Management Standardization Pilot
”missing-project-placeholder” |
“Proposed” Memorial Burial and Headquarters Business Segment |
EA V4.1/V4.2 recommended Initiative
Pre-CPIC
Pre-Milestone-0 |
EA V4.1 Target EA Portfolio Recommendation
EA V4.2 Target EA Portfolio Recommendation |
Recommended solution: Utilize the PMA e-Records-Mgt Solution to implement this requirement |
No Apparent Gap |
Recommended project would create a unified paper and electronic records management process across VA. No Department-wide process is currently in place.
No Project Consolidation Potential
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EA V4.1 9/2006
EAV4.2 9/2007 |
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VHA Fee-Based Health Care Reimbursement
”missing-project-placeholder” |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Unfunded in 2007 & 2008 due to budget cuts Milestone 0 Deployment not Scheduled |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
This project will replace the VHA legacy claims processing system that enables VHA to reimburse private hospitals for services that they render to Veterans who are eligible for VHA health care.
It may also be possible to satisfy this requirement with a PMA e-Gov claims processing solution. |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
EA V4.0 5/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006 |
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VHA DSS-Modernization-2006
”missing-project-placeholder” |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Unfunded in 2007 & 2008 due to budget cuts Milestone 0 Deployment not Scheduled |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Utilizes HDR data and data specifications |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
EA V4.0 5/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006 |
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Seamless Transition
”Possible Future Requirement” |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
This is not an IT requirement or project at this time.
It is a pilot business program which may generate requirements for an IT project at a later date |
VA/DoD JEC 2005 Annual Report |
Objective ----Collect identification and health care data from active services members, prior to discharge, across various DoD Medical Treatment facilities and across possibly numerous interview sessions with VA councilor personnel to create a service-member-centric profile for case management across all VA business lines and expedite award of VA benefits once veteran has been discharged |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
VA/DoD JEC 2005 Annual Report |
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VA/DoD Health Collaboration (Patient Sharing)
”Possible Future Requirement” |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
This is not an IT requirement at this time. It is a pilot business program which may generate an IT project at a later date
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VA/DoD JEC 2005 Annual Report |
Possible future reuse of DoD-CHCS and VistA |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
VA/DoD JEC 2005 Annual Report |
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Cooperative Separation Exam
”Possible Future Requirement” |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
This is not an IT requirement atthis time. It is a pilot business program which may generate an IT project at a later date |
VA/DoD JEC 2005 Annual Report |
May utilize Bidirectional Health Information Exchange (BHIE), data at a later date |
Possible future design of a joint physical examination document |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
VA/DoD JEC 2005 Annual Report |
Enterprise Information Layer
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Initiative Identification |
Reuse, Redundancy & Gap Analysis |
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Initiative Name |
Related Segment Architecture |
CPIC-Status Project-Status And Planned Deployment Date |
Initiative Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
Identify Potential for Reuse |
Identify Potential Gap |
Identify Possible Duplication and Consolidation with other Initiatives |
Gap/Reuse Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
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VHA Health Data Repository Development (HDR) (EA-12) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Continuing Milestone-1 Deploy-by: 9/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
This project creates a Sharable data store of Veteran Health Information for access at any VA Healthcare Facility;
This project also creates standard access methodologies for business-Line based Apps to access this data.
This health data will be shared across all 1400 VHA health care facilities through interface with the Vista system.
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No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential.
However, the project eliminates multiple, redundant occurrences of health data and data collection applications (one per current production instance of Vista) |
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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One VA Eligibility and Registration (EA-46) |
“Proposed” Health Business Segment |
Re-Baseline Milestone-1
Deployment planned for: 9/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
This project creates a Sharable data store of Veteran identification data and service history data for use across all business lines;
This project also creates standard access methodologies for business-Line based Apps to access this data.
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No Apparent Gap -------------------- Project scope must include: 1) Acquisition of registration data from registration-forms 2) Acquisition of Service History data from DMDC/DIMHRS 3) Development of a registration-data-capture App 4) Data Capture App must support Legacy data feeds as well as new RE-feed until all Legacy Apps are converted. |
This RE-project is a candidate for consolidation with the VHA Enrolment Enhancement Project (EA-63) |
EA V4.0 5/2005
EA V4.1 2/2006
EA V4.2 2/2007 |
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Shared Financial Management and Logistics data Store Initiative
”missing-project-placeholder” |
“Proposed” Financial Services Segment |
EA V4.1/V4.2 recommended Initiative
Pre-CPIC
Pre-Milestone-0 |
EA V4.1 & V4.2 Recommended Project |
1) This project would create a Sharable data store of Financial Management data, for use across all business lines; 2) This project also creates standard access methodologies for business-Line based Apps to access this data. |
No Apparent Gap |
Project would replace and combine s number of Financial/Logistics-Management Systems across VA |
EA V4.1 2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
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Shared Asset management & Facility management Data Initiative
”missing-project-placeholder” |
“Proposed” Material Management Services Segment |
EA V4.1/V4.2 recommended Initiative
Pre-CPIC
Pre-Milestone-0 |
EA V4.1 & V4.2 Recommended Project |
1) This project would create a Sharable data store of Asset and facility Management data, for use across all business lines; 2) This project also creates standard access methodologies for business-Line based Apps to access this data. |
No Apparent Gap |
Project would support and possibly combine various asset management systems across VA |
EA V4.1 2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
Platform Enablement Software Layer
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Initiative Identification |
Reuse, Redundancy & Gap Analysis |
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Initiative Name |
Related Segment Architecture |
CPIC-Status Project-Status And Planned Deployment Date |
Initiative Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
Identify Potential for Reuse |
Identify Potential Gap |
Identify Possible Duplication and Consolidation with other Initiatives |
Gap/Reuse Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
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Windows-XP & Windows-2003-Server Operating-System Migration & Standardization |
Information Management Services Segment |
Not In CPIC Funded Through O&M Deploy XP by 9/2007 |
CIO Directive 10/04/2005 |
No Apparent Reuse Potential |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
EA Project Plan Review 11/2005 |
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VA Enterprise Cyber Security Program (COTS S/W Upgrade & Security Patch Management) |
Information Management Services Segment |
Project completed Milestone 4 In 2006
Project in O&M |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) Omnibus-Infrastructure-Ex-300 9/30/2006 |
No Apparent Reuse Potential |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
BY-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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IPV6 Transition Program |
Information Management Services Segment |
Incorporated in Omnibus Infrastructure Budget Request
Project at Milestone-0
Deploy-by: 9/2008 |
CIO Directive 1/21/2005 |
No Apparent Reuse Potential |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
EA V4.1 2/2006
EA V4.2 2/2007 |
Shared Infrastructure Layer
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Initiative Identification |
Reuse, Redundancy & Gap Analysis |
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Initiative Name |
Related Segment Architecture |
CPIC-Status Project-Status And Planned Deployment Date |
Initiative Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
Identify Potential for Reuse |
Identify Potential Gap |
Identify Possible Duplication and Consolidation with other Initiatives |
Gap/Reuse Information Source & Information Date (Meta-Data) |
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VA Enterprise Telephony Agenda |
Information Management Services Segment |
Continuing Milestone 0 Deploy by Phase-1 09/07 & Phase-2 12/07 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Provides an Enterprise-wide Shared Voice Messaging Solution
No discernable potential for reuse |
No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
By-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
By-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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VA Standard COOP Solution Development (EA-37) |
Information Management Services Segment |
Incorporated in Omnibus Infrastructure Budget Request Project at Milestone-2 Deploy by 9/2009 |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Provides an Enterprise-wide Shared Disaster Recovery Standard Practice and Resource
No discernable potential for reuse
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No Apparent Gap |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
By-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
By-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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VA Radio Frequency Transition PMO |
Information Management Services Segment |
Funding Complete Project at Milestone-4 Deployment occurred in 9/2006 Project in O&M |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Provides an Enterprise-wide Interoperability Standard and Resource for Emergency Radio Communications.
No discernable potential for reuse
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N/A Project complete |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
By-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
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Telecom Modernization Project (TMP) |
Information Management Services Segment |
Funding Complete Project at Milestone-4 Deployment occurred in 9/2006
Project in O&M |
Ex-300(2007) 9/30/2005
Ex-300(2008) 9/30/2006 |
Provides an Enterprise-wide Shared Resource for Long Distance Data, Image and possibly Voice Networking. |
N/A Project complete |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
By-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
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Exchange (Messaging) Server Consolidation Program |
Information Management Services Segment |
Phase-I Funding Complete Phase-II Unfunded Project at Milestone-4 Phase-I Complete Phase-II Unscheduled
Project in O&M |
By-2007 Omnibus Infrastructure Ex-300 9/2006 |
The first phase Consolidates over 100 disbursed messaging systems into a shared resource complex of 23 centrally managed messaging sites and provides standardized VA e-mail addressing The second phase will further consolidate this shared service to six sites across the VA intranet. |
N/A Project complete |
No Project Consolidation Potential |
By-2007 Portfolio 9/2005
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Regional Data Processing Center (RDPC) Initiative (EA-51) |
Information Management Services Segment |
Initial Budget Request for BY-2008
Milestone-1
Deployment planned for 9/2010 |
Initial Budget Request for BY-2008 |
Consolidates 128 Exchange e-Mail serves across VA into 24 servers at 23-Regional data centers on the VA intranet. This configuration will consolidate local servers and workloads for efficiency in management, labor allocation, Continuity of Operations and into regional centers. |
No Apparent Gap |
Further server consolidation would be achieved with Phase-II which is currently unfunded. |
BY-2008 Portfolio 9/2006 |
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CAN/MAN Network Standardization Initiative
”missing-project-placeholder” |
Information Management Services Segment |
Conceptual Initiative Pre-CPIC Pre-Milestone-0 Plan for Mid-2011 |
EA V4.1 2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
Project establishes a reusable "Pattern" for CAN/MAN design and assures a minimum Class of Service Performance across the network distribution layer Assure CAN/MAN Compatibility with IPV6 Initiative |
No Apparent Gap |
Project would provide standard Class of Service and Predictable bandwidth and services across VA's regional networks. |
EA V4.1 '2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
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LAN Network Standardization Initiative
”missing-project-placeholder” |
Information Management Services Segment |
Conceptual Initiative Pre-CPIC Pre-Milestone-0 Plan for Mid-2011 |
EA V4.1 '2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
Project establishes a reusable "Pattern" for LAN design and assures a minimum Class of Service Performance across the network access layer Assure LAN Compatibility with IPV6 Initiative |
No Apparent Gap |
Project would provide standard Class of Service and Predictable bandwidth and services across VA's Local Area networks; It would facilitate auto-discovery server and server-application validation and monitoring. |
EA V4.1 '2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
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VA-wide RFID-Tagging standardization Exploitation Initiative
”missing-project-placeholder” |
Information Management Services Segment |
Conceptual Initiative Pre-CPIC Pre-Milestone-0 Plan for Mid-2011 |
EA V4.1 '2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
Project establishes "Patterns" for various RFID-Tagging Applications
These Apps would be universally applied across VA. |
No Apparent Gap |
Project would support expanded use of RFID tagging for inventory control, for management of perishable commodities and for smart-prescription type programs |
EA V4.1 '2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
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VA-wide Wireless networking standard
”missing-project-placeholder” |
Information Management Services Segment |
Conceptual Initiative Pre-CPIC Pre-Milestone-0 Plan for Mid-2010 |
EA V4.1 Recommended Project |
Project establishes "Patterns" for various Wireless Networking Installations which would take Medical facility spectrum restrictions into account
Assure LAN Compatibility with IPV6 Initiative |
No Apparent Gap |
Project would standardize use of wireless devices - primarily within medical facilities. |
EA V4.1 '2/2006 EA Proposed Initiative |
Gap/Reuse Identification Summary
This discussion summarizes the Gap (or, “missing-project-placeholder”) projects described above. Each of these gap-requirements is described in detail within the following EA Portfolio Recommendations Section, which will be used to recommend new initiatives to the CIO, for the forthcoming BY-2009 budget cycle.
Gap-Issues Resolved in the BY-2008 Portfolio
Several gaps identified in the BY-2007 portfolio that were noted in EA V4.1 were then mitigated by the creation of new projects in the By-2008 portfolio (submitted in September 2006), they are:
- The DoD-DIMHRS Integration requirement was identified in EA V4.1 (February 2006) -- this requirement has been incorporated as an unfunded optional task within the VBA/VAMP budget request.
- The requirement to integrate the veteran identity data source (created in the Registration-Eligibility project) with existing legacy VBA benefit applications -- has been addressed in the funded base-task within the new VBA/VAMP budget request.
New Gap Issues Identified within the BY-2008 Portfolio
Several new gaps (missing projects) that have developed since publication of EA V4.1 (in February 2006) these gaps are principally the result of budget cuts that occurred within the BY-2007 Pass-Back process; they are:
- Reinstitute the VHA Fee-Basis Replacement project that was dropped due to funding constraints in BY-2007.
- Reinstitute the VHA DSS Replacement project that was dropped due to funding constraints in BY-2007.
Unresolved Gaps Remaining from the BY-2007 Portfolio
The following gaps (or missing projects), which were identified in EA V4.1, remain unresolved:
- VA e-Records Management Standardization Pilot
- Shared Financial Management and Logistics data Store Initiative
- Shared Asset management & Facility management Data Initiative
- CAN/MAN Network Standardization Initiative
- LAN Network Standardization Initiative
- VA-wide RFID-Tagging standardization Exploitation Initiative
- VA-wide Wireless networking standard
These requirements will be described in the following EA Portfolio Recommendations section.