The Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) framework is a business architecture framework developed by the US Federal Government to support the planning, design, and implementation of enterprise architecture within federal agencies. It provides a standardized and consistent approach to enterprise architecture that can support better alignment between IT and business goals and greater efficiency and cost savings.
The “FEA Framework” category in the CIO Reference Library is a collection of articles and documents that provide insights into the fundamental concepts of the framework, its benefits, and best practices for implementing the framework within federal agencies. This category is designed for federal IT executives and other business leaders seeking to develop or improve their organization’s enterprise architecture capabilities.
The articles and documents in this category cover a wide range of topics related to the FEA framework, such as:
Introduction to the FEA framework: This includes articles that provide an overview of the fundamental concepts of the framework, its benefits, and the key principles and concepts.
Designing effective enterprise architecture: This includes articles that guide how to design effective enterprise architecture, including considerations such as business processes, data models, and technology infrastructure.
Implementing the FEA framework: This includes articles that explore different approaches to implementing the framework, including top-down, bottom-up, and meet-in-the-middle approaches.
FEA governance and management: This includes articles that explore the importance of governance and management in ensuring successful FEA initiatives and better alignment between IT and business goals.
FEA case studies: This includes articles that provide real-world examples of successful FEA initiatives within federal agencies across a range of industries and sectors.
The “FEA Framework” category is a valuable resource for federal IT executives and other business leaders seeking to develop or improve their organization’s enterprise architecture capabilities. The resources in this category provide insights into the fundamental concepts of the framework, guidance on designing and building effective enterprise architecture, best practices for governance and management, and real-world examples of successful initiatives. By leveraging these resources, federal agencies can implement the FEA framework effectively and achieve better outcomes in alignment between IT and business goals, efficiency, and cost savings.
This document provides a standard approach to federal enterprise architecture (FEA) implementation – principles and standards for how business, information, and technology architectures should be developed across the enterprise so they can be used consistently at various levels of scope within and between domains/departments/divisions, as well as with external stakeholders.
Explore how one leading organization transformed its IT landscape using Enterprise Architecture (EA). This example highlights the role of strategic alignment, a service-oriented approach, and continuous improvement in maximizing business value and supporting organizational objectives. (150+ pages)
This is an example of a target enterprise architecture developed to address the challenge of the lack of alignment between business and IT strategies, inefficient and ineffective technology investments, and operational inefficiencies an organization faces. The architecture provides a comprehensive solution encompassing all aspects of the organization’s operations, from business
This presentation provides an introduction to the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), Segmented Architecture and Federal Segmented Architecture Methodology (FSAM). Then answers the question: how is FSAM related to FEA?<br /><br />Good discussion.
This guide offers an in-depth exploration of Federal Enterprise Architecture, highlighting how its reference models contribute to effective and efficient government IT management.
This chapter introduces the purposes and structures of the five Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) reference models v2.2
This document details the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) V1.1 – what is FEAF? what are its components? what is its business value?
The Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Practice Guidance describes important  concepts architects can use with stakeholders to deliver value to the business and  improve results in agency mission areas.  The guidance provides overviews of  architecture concepts, descriptions of the content included in architecture work products, and direction on developing and using architecture. 
Enterprise Architecture Segment Strategy provides the tools to establish shared target or “to-be” architectures for key, cross-organizational functions. Developed for the agencies of the federal government this technique can be adapted for other organizations.
The purpose of this document is to provide a framework for completing the Baseline and Target Architectures for each of an organization’s operating units, and provide a mechanism for “rolling up” the operating unit architectures into a single Enterprise Architecture (EA). This Enterprise Architecture Template was created for the US
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