The annual VA Enterprise Architecture Management Meeting was a forum for discussing and reviewing the management approaches, priorities and strategies for continuous improvement of the EA and the artifacts that define it.  The purpose of this meeting was to have an open, candid discussion designed to engage the VA Lines of Business with the Enterprise Architecture and to discuss how business requirements become integrated into IT solutions.  Enterprise Architecture representatives from within the VA as well as from industry participated in the discussion.

• Meeting Agenda
• Attendees

• Presentation: Scott Cragg - Opening Remarks and EA Vision
• Presentation: Ray Schnabel - Enterprise Architecture Concept of Operations
• Presentation: Paul Tibbits, MD - Office of Enterprise Development
• Presentation: Dave Siktberg - First Pass Assessment of EA Alignment with Business Expectations / Needs
• Presentation: Walter Harris - Veterans Health Administration Perspective
• Presentation: Rob Reynolds - Veterans Benefits Administration Perspective
• Presentation: Paige Lowther - National Cemetery Administration Perspective
• Presentation: Leo Phelan - Case Study: Contact Management Initiative
• Presentation: Gary Baker - Case Study: Registration and Eligibility Initiative

The 2006 VA Enterprise Architecture (EA) Management Review Meeting was a forum for VA EA stakeholders and Industry Experts to engage in an open dialogue about Enterprise Architecture (EA). Key issues discussed included the strategic vision of the EA, EA management priorities and approaches, and key EA artifacts. 

The principle EA artifacts presented included:

The VA Enterprise Architecture v.4.1 and the Future Vision
The VA Data Management and Data Strategy Plan
The Plan for VA EA Policy and Governance

Stakeholders and Industry Experts provided valuable feedback for the further development and continuous improvement of the VA Enterprise Architecture vision and its artifacts.  The open dialogue was valuable to the development of the EA strategy incorporated in Objective E-3 of the 2006 -2011 VA Strategic Plan.

• Presentation: Scott Cragg – Opening Remarks and EA Vision
• Presentation: Al Zuech – EA 4.1 Overview
• Presentation: Ray Sullivan – VA Regional Data Processing Center (RDPC) Consolidation Brief
• Presentation: Scott Cragg – Veteran Identity Management – Transparency
• Presentation: Luigi Tenore – Data Strategy and Identity Management
• Presentation: Ross Smith – VBA EA Customer Focus
• Presentation: Gary Krizanovic – Governance Process Swim Lanes (Policy and Governance) (dated 1/19/2006)
• Presentation: Jeff Mitchell – EA Domains - Transparency
• Presentation: Barry Box – SOA as a Key EA Enabler – Transparency
• One VA Enterprise Architecture Guidance, v.1.0 (dated 9/15/2005)
• Mitre: Enterprise Architecture IV&V with Recommendations – Final Report, v.1.1 (dated 1/31/2006)