Government Wide Enterprise Architecture GWEA

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Government Wide Enterprise Architecture (GWEA)

• A key enabler for the ICT House of Values
• by
• Willie Needham
• Chief Enterprise Architect (GWEA)

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Agenda

• GWEA Motivation
• GWEA Current Status
• GWEA Way Forward

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GWEA Motivation
One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never
regains its original dimensions.- Oliver
Wendell Holmes
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Government ICT House of Values
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Regulatory drivers

• Chapter 1, Part III.E Planning
• A head of department shall establish-
• an information plan for the department that
  supports the planning process and objectives of
  the department (and comply with ICT House of
  Values, MISS MIOS).
• an information infrastructure plan that supports
  the information plan and
• an operational plan that enables the
  implementation of the information infrastructure
  plan and information management.
• Chapter 5, Part II e-Government
  Interoperability
• Comply with Minimum Interoperability Standards
  (MIOS) for
• every part of any new information system
  developed or acquired for the public service or
  any upgrade of any existing information system in
  the public service and
• every legacy system that is part of electronic
  service delivery in the public service.

Public Service Regulations, 2001 (amended 1 Apr
2008)
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Public Service Reg (Draft) 1/2

• 93. Government Wide Enterprise Architecture
  Standards
• (1) The Minister shall, after consultation with
  the GITO Council and the State Information
  Technology Agency, issue a Government Wide
  Enterprise Architecture framework (hereinafter
  referred to as the GWEA) for the public
  service.
• (2) The GWEA shall include provision for
  standards and specifications for-
• (a) Business architecture
• (b) Application and Data architectures and
• (c) Technology architecture.

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Public Service Reg (Draft) 2/2

• 94. Compliance with MIOS and GWEA
• (1) The following systems shall comply with the
  MIOS and GWEA-
• (a) every part of any new information system
  developed or acquired for the public service or
  any upgrade of any existing information system in
  the public service and
• (b) every legacy system that is part of
  electronic service delivery in the public
  service.
• (2) The head of department shall include
  compliance with the MIOS and GWEA in the project
  approval procedure for the department. The MIOS
  and GWEA shall be used in the audit and review of
  every project of a department

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GWEA MIOS Evolution
"All good things which exist, are the fruits of
originality." - John Stuart Mill
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MIOS / GWEA Product Evolution
2007 - 2009
2004 - 2006
2001 - 2003
Zachman
TOGAF
Governance
GWEA
GITA v1.0
GWEA v1.0
GWEA v1.2
GITA v1.1
MIOS v3
MIOS v4
MIOS v4.1
MIOS v12
MIOS
UK e-GIF
ODF
UML
XML
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Architecture in Context
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Interoperability levels
Procedural Space Business Process FOCUS AREA
IS/ICT Space MIOS FOCUS AREA
Tolk, Andreas. Beyond Technical
Interoperability Introducing a Reference Model
for Measures of Merit for Coalition
Interoperability.
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GWEA Way Forward (Objectives)
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are
small matters compared to what lies within us."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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An EA Capability (Function)

• EA Process
• EA Development Process
• EA Logic (Meta-Model of deliverables)
• EA Methods (Techniques, Notation)
• EA People
• Governance structures
• Roles Responsibilities (RACI Charts)
• Competencies
• EA Information System EA Tools
• Planning Modelling Software
• EA Data Repository
• ICT Infrastructure
• EA Deliverables
• EA Reference Models / Blueprints / Plans
• Interoperability Standards

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GWEA Focus Areas for 2008/09

• (1) Refine GWEA Framework (v1.2)
• EA Development Process
• EA Deliverable and Notation standard
• EA Dictionary
• (2) Define Public Service Modernisation Blueprint
• Public Service Delivery Model
• Technology Modernisation Model
• (3) Validate Departmental EA
• GWEA Validation Framework
• GWEA Conformance Reports

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EA Process (TOGAF)
Accepted by the GITOC SCARC in Nov 2007
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GWEA Deliverables overview
ICT Architecture
Application Architecture
Business Architecture
Data Architecture
Application Reference Standards Model
Performance Model
Technology Ref Standards Model
Data Reference Standards Model
Application Distribution Model
Technology/Network Distribution Model
Data Security Model
Organisation Distribution Model
Function/Service Model
Technology Platform Model
Data-Application Model
Application Stakeholder Model
Information Model
Opportunities Solution Model Blueprint /
Roadmap Programmatic Model
Business Process Model
Data Gap
Application Gap
Technology Gap
Business Gap
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EA Deliverable definition notations
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GWEA vs
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GWEA Governance Structure
Minister PSA
Other GITO Council Committees
SITA Exec
Gov CIO
GITO Council
EA
GITO
42 Departments 9 Provinces
Gov Wide EA
Dept EA
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SITA Architecture Capacity
Advanced Specialist
Senior Specialist
Specialist
144 Architects/Analysts (22 TOGAF Certified)
PPermanent, CContractor
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Public Service Blueprint (concept)
Government Departments, Bodies Clusters
Public Service Delivery Model
IFMS, e-GOV, GIS, ECM, Cluster IS,
IS / ICT
NGN, Data Centres, Service Man, Security,
Departmental Plans/Blueprints
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FOSS in the TOGAF TRM Perspective
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Conclusion

• GWEA Framework will empower ICT planners and
  improve efficiency, coherency and consistency in
  ICT planning and design activities in Government.
• GWEA Public Service Blueprint and MIOS will
  improve ownership, reduce duplications, improve
  interoperability and improve national alignment.
• GWEA Validation/Review will improve conformance
  and reduce risk of ICT acquisition and
  developments.

GWEA ? A key enabler to the ICT House of Values
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Thank YouDankieSiyabongaKe a
lebohaSiyathokoza
Willie Needham Chief Enterprise Architect
(GWEA) Strategic Services State IT Agency (Pty)
Ltd 459 Tsitsa St. Erasmuskloof Pretoria, South
Africa E-mail willie.needham_at_sita.co.za Tel 27
(12) 482 2774 Web www.sita.co.za