Business Transformation Agency

Abstract

The mission of the Business Transformation Agency (BTA) is to facilitate the transformation and modernization of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) business processes and enterprise systems through cross-domain integration to make relevant, reliable, and timely business information available on a routine basis to enable informed decision making and financial accountability. Specific BTA functions include: • Review and analyze business system modernizations to ensure transparency of Information Technology investments across the business mission area and alignment to the business enterprise architecture • Establish a Component Acquisition Executive (CAE) structure to effectively manage and oversee numerous DOD-wide RDT&E programs • Establish a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to effectively manage business integration and expedite transformation by coordinating linkages between the Enterprise, Component and Program business related IT services and architectures • Provide the architectural content, integration, and mapping necessary for effective portfolio management of DoD business systems within the DoD and Federal portfolios • Test and measure the effectiveness of the Business Enterprise Architecture's (BEA) ability to accurately reflect DoD business strategies and processes to sufficiently drive acquisition of solutions that directly support and realize those missions and strategies • Develop and extend the DoD BEA in collaboration with DoD Governance • In collaboration with the DoD Global Information Grid (GIG) Chief Architect, develop, promulgate, and maintain enterprise architecture (EA) methodologies and standards for the DoD Business Mission Area • Serve as the enterprise-level integration point to ensure the Department’s RDT&E business transformation activities and investments are aligned with the BEA. The Secretary of Defense established the Defense Business Systems Management Committee (DBSMC), chaired by the Deputy Secretary of Defense with the Deputy Chief Management Officer as the Vice Chair. The DBSMC provides recommendations to the Secretary that will ensure the use of common decision criteria for DoD business system modernization to align business transformation to warfighter capabilities and objectives. The DBSMC is under charter as defined by Section 186 of United States Code (USC) Title 10 and will continue to comply with the mandated reporting requirements. To support this objective, DoD has implemented an investment review process to ensure that our business systems investments are delivering the required value and business capability improvements. Investment Review Boards (IRBs), with representation from the relevant Services, Defense Agencies, and Combatant Commands, are evolving their process to assess the value of modernization investments relative to their impact on end-to-end business process improvements that support warfighter. In setting up the Investment Review Boards (IRB), the DBSMC conducts formal reviews of the Defense Business Systems modernization program’s accomplishments to date and reviews and ratifies new program objectives. The Defense Business System Acquisition Executive (DBSAE) is responsible for the design, development, testing, and implementation of Enterprise business, financial, personnel, and sourcing systems for the Department in support of the Department's Business Transformation goals. These systems provide the solid foundation and infrastructure that support all facets of Departmental operations. The DBSAE also coordinates, and integrates projects, programs, systems and initiatives providing DoD Enterprise-wide business capabilities to the warfighter. The DBSAE exercises acquisition executive oversight for DoD Enterprise-level business systems assigned by the Defense Business Systems Management Committee (DBSMC), and serves as the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) for specific programs as directed by the DBSMC. In addition to ongoing BTA functions, additional FY11 efforts include increases in Business Capability Lifecycle (BCL) and Enterprise Risk Assessment Methodology (ERAM) projects, demonstrating the growth from pilot to full capability. Also, the BTA Enterprise Integration Directorate is the Department's Center of Excellence for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation. Additional funds are to appropriately scale operations to support the Services ERP efforts. Additional funds will also reinvigorate Supply Chain transformation that was started with DLA and Transportation Command but that had to be reduced during FY08 and FY09 due to budget constraints.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2011
• Source ID: 1_0605020BTA_5_0400_PB_2011

Tags

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Defense Financial Management and Audit.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.