EA Library

Tier 1 Enterprise Architecture (EA) Documents

The most important (highest level) documents for each category defined within the IT governance framework.

• Enterprise Architecture Policy (EA200-03.1) (02/21/2018)
  
  Establishes the Commonwealth's EA as the primary source for providing information technology (IT) direction and technical requirements, which govern the acquisition, use, and management of IT resources by executive branch agencies. This document contains Commonwealth policy statements related to applications systems development and open source software. It provides the process used to govern agency requests for changes and exceptions to the commonwealth's EA requirements. And this policy ensures all recommendations and requests for changes or exceptions are logged, reviewed and considered in a timely manner.

• Enterprise Architecture Standard - EA225-15 (10/31/19)
  
  Establishes direction and technical requirements governing the acquisition, use and management of IT resources by executive branch agencies. The intent of this document is to provide a single consolidated list of requirements related to the Commonwealth's EA for use by executive branch agencies and their business partners. Architecture direction for agencies when planning, changing or adding to their information technology is presented in two forms:
  1. Requirements: Statements providing mandatory EA direction
  2. Technology component standard tables: Tables indicating what technologies or products agencies may acquire at a particular point in time. The requirements are mandatory when acquiring a new or replacing an existing technology or product.

Tier 3 EA Documents

Supporting documents that are not PSG's such as templates, checklists, etc. 

Enterprise business architecture (EBA)

• EBA static reports
• Enterprise Business Architecture Report (EBA)
• Enterprise business model charts

• EBA ad hoc reports

 Enterprise information architecture (EIA)

• Chief Data Officer (CDO) of Virginia's Website
• Commonwealth Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA) Strategy: 2014-2020
• Commonwealth of Virginia's Initial EIA Report
• COV Adopted Standards
• Data Management Program - Enterprise Standards Repository
• Virginia Open Data Sources

Legislation

• Code of Virginia § 2.2-225. Position established; agencies for which responsible; additional powers
• Code of Virginia § 2.2-2007. Powers of the CIO
• Code of Virginia § 2.2-2699.6. Powers and duties of the ITAC
• Code of Virginia § 2.2-2699.7. Health Information Technology Standards Advisory Committee

Guidance

• Executive Directive 7
• Virginia Public Records Act
  • Virginia Public Records Act Guide
• Final CDS - Final Report
• Commonwealth Data Standardization: Final Plan
• Final CDS - Appendix 2: NIEM Core Person Standard Narrative
• Final CDS - Appendix_3.a: NIEM Cost Model - Low Participation
• Final CDS - Appendix 3.b: NIEM Cost Model - Medium Participation
• Final CDS - Appendix 3.c: NIEM Cost Model - High Participation
• Final CDS - Appendix 4: NIEM Project Plan
• Model Virginia Map Accuracy Standards Guideline (OTH701) (03/15/2009)
• Code of Virginia §2.2-3803 (B) - Internet privacy policy and policy explanation statement

• VGIN Administrative Boundary Geospatial Data Standard (OTH702) (01/15/2015)
• SCDS - Committee Report
• Appendix A: SCDS Participants List
• Appendix B: Restatement I DURSA
• Enterprise Standards Repository for adopted standards
  • SEARCH the list for a standard you are seeking
  • SCROLL right and click the corresponding URL to access the standard web page
  • URL didn't work? Try to copy/paste it into your web browser

• ETA Database Domain Report (07/01/2016)
• ETA Information Domain Report (07/28/2016)
• ETA HIE Topic Report (07/28/2016)
• ETA ERM Topic Report (07/28/2016)
• EIA Scorecard Summary

Contact ea@vita.virginia.gov for assistance if needed

 

Standards Development Organizations and Resource sites

• National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
  • Train with NEIM
• Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) forHealth Information Technology,   U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Health Level 7 (HL7) International
• Data Management (DAMA) International
  • DAMA-CV Training

 

Enterprise solutions architecture (ESA)

To extract applicable ESA information to support your agency's business needs, please log in to our VITA Archer application to run an extensive array of reports:

Archer

The RSA Archer GRC platform consists of agency inventories of applications, data assets and software tools. Archer creates a common set of capabilities, methods, and taxonomy for risk and compliance programs. This enables greater integration of data, while creating a common language and reporting structure to share results.

VITA Archer

If you have questions regarding the Archer application, such as needing an account, or best way to access the application, please use the request assistance tab at the top of the Catalog Services or by contacting the VITA Customer Care Center (VCCC).

Agency Architecture Overview TEMPLATE

• Agency Architecture Overview TEMPLATE - This is a PDF document for reference only.
• Agency Architecture Overview TEMPLATE - MS Word Document - Please use this document to complete your architecture overview.

 

Enterprise technical architecture (ETA)

The enterprise technical architecture (ETA) consists of eight technical domains and includes related topic reports that provide direction, recommendations, and requirements for implementing ETA principles, requirements, and recommended practices. The ETA guides the development and support of an organization's information systems and technology investments.

• ETA domain definitions

Domain Reports

• ETA Application Domain Report (04/05/2017)
  • Website Topic Report (09/21/2017)
  • IT Accessibility Topic Report (GOV103-02) (09/21/2017)
  • Legacy IT Solutions Topic Report (10/31/19)
• ETA Enterprise Systems Management Domain Report (07/01/2016)
  • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Topic Report (07/28/2016)
• ETA Integration Domain Report (July 2008)
• ETA Networking and Telecommunications Domain Report (07/31/2013)
  • Social Media Topic Report (6/12/2019)
• ETA Platform Domain Report (01/15/2010)
• Desktop Productivity Tools Topic Report (01/15/2010)
• Mobile Communications Use Technical Topic Report (07/28/2016)
• Cloud Based Hosting Topic Report (02/04/2019)

 

Technology Roadmaps

The Enterprise Technical Architecture (ETA) consists of multiple technical domains and topics providing direction, recommendations, and requirements for supporting solutions architecture and implementing a successful ETA. 

Technology roadmaps are a crucial part of the Commonwealth's ETA, and assist with guiding development and support of information systems and technology infrastructure.

The intent for governance of technology versions is simply to prevent last minute version updates and their consequent negative impact on delivering quality information technology that supports our commonwealth business architecture. In fact, updating to current versions should be a recurring task for agencies and suppliers of commonwealth information technology services, because this will result in increased staff productivity, maintaining reliable security, and reducing the costs of legacy maintenance. 

The following roadmaps enable agencies and suppliers to plan more predictable and scheduled updates.  Because assessments are "forecasted" with best available information at the time of a decision, they are subject to change to maintain resilience with changes occurring outside the commonwealth's control.  VITA's robust exceptions process is readily available to account for any unforeseen conflicts that may arise following guidance found in the technology roadmaps. Please use the Archer application to enter an EA exception.  If you have questions regarding accessing Archer, please contact VCCC - https://vccc.vita.virginia.gov/vita?id=vita_sc_home 

Review our most recent definitions guidance to fully understand each roadmap:

               COV Technology Roadmap Definitions

 

Following are the most current roadmaps available. 

Server OS and Hypervisor Technologies Roadmap

Web and Application Servers Technologies Roadmap

Data Management Technologies Roadmap

COTS Applications Technologies Roadmap

End User Computing Operating System Technologies Roadmap

End User Computing Web Browsers Technologies Roadmap

End User Computing Productivity Software Technologies Roadmap

Prohibited Programming Languages and Data Access Method Technologies

 

Please contact us at ea@vita.virginia.gov for any comments, questions or concerns you may have.

EA Miscellaneous

• ITRM Policies, Standards & Guidelines