Information Technology: Architecture Needed to Guide NASA's Financial Management Modernization

Abstract

To date, NASA has acquired and implemented significant components of IFMP without an enterprise architecture to guide and constrain the program. An enterprise architecture is an organizational blueprint that defines in both business and technology terms how an organization operates today and how it intends to operate in the future; it also provides a plan for transitioning to this future state. Using an enterprise architecture to guide and constrain systems modernization programs is a federal requirement and a recognized best practice of successful public and private organizations. In addition, GAOs research has shown that attempting major modernization programs such as IFMP without a well-defined enterprise architecture risks, among other things, building systems that are duplicative, are not interoperable, and do not effectively and efficiently support mission operations and performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1180734

Entities

People

  • Randolph C. Hite

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Climate Change
  • Commerce
  • Configuration Management
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Financial Management
  • Government Employees
  • Information Systems
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Space Flight
  • Space Shuttles
  • Space Stations
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft
  • Standards
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

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