The 7th
Excellence in Enterprise Architecture Results Awards
Awards sponsored by the 1105 Government Information Group
and the FEAC Institute
Deadline for Awards Submission is Friday, July 10, 2009
PLEASE NOTE: ONLY Nominations for Government Programs are accepted.
Submissions should not exceed three pages.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
Copy the nomination questions below and paste the questions and your answers into a “Word” document. Email your completed nomination document to: EAAwards2009@1105govinfo.com.
The 1105 Government Information Group and the Federated Enterprise Architecture Certification Institute are pleased to announce the seventh annual Excellence in Enterprise Architecture Results Awards, recognizing the impacts of Enterprise Architecture best practices on achieving efficiencies, greater effectiveness, transparency, increased collaboration or innovation in solutions to government missions’ outcomes.
Nominations are encouraged from all levels of government, including U.S. federal, state, and local government organizations, as well as successful programs outside the United States.
Awards will be presented.
A Government Civilian Award and a Government Defense Award will be presented in each of the following categories.
• Leadership in Enterprise Architecture Driven Results
• Leadership in Government Transformation using EAAdditionally, as was started last year (with two recipients, Ms. Coleen Coggins and Ms. Beverly Hacker), we will also induct another person into the EA Hall of Fame.
• EA Hall of Fame - Individual Leadership in EA Practice, Promotion and Professionalization (open to current and or former government employees)
Selection Criteria
Each candidate program must provide a completed nomination form for consideration by the Excellence in Enterprise Architecture Results Awards Selection Committee.
• ONLY GOVERNMENT submissions will be accepted.
• The Selection Committee will consider only those nominations providing complete information requested on the nomination form.
• Submissions exceeding four (4) pages will not be accepted.
The Selection Committee will look for successful Enterprise Architectures that have:
• Been implemented with demonstrated results and are actively IN USE (prototypes and pilot projects not accepted)
• Solved major business integration problems and/or streamlined processes with measurable outcome results
• Increased productivity and/or saved resources (time, funding, staffing, etc.), coupled to business cases (or Exhibit 300, as applicable)
• Improved the quality, timeliness, and accuracy of services, as applied to a specific government enterprise’s business or mission
• Realized organization-wide results (beyond a limited user group)
• More enterprise-wide business and operational focused results beyond better IT or software architectures
Note: SOA submissions, in alignment with the Practical Guide to SOA in the Federal Government, will only be considered as contextually presented as an extension to the EA within which they are being implemented.
The Selection Committee will not consider software implementation projects or software architectures not demonstrably driven from EA context. The Committee will not consider technology upgrades or other technology implementations outside the context of specific business mission outcome results. All EA program candidates must truly encompass a defined enterprise with an emphasis on meeting business or mission imperatives.
The Excellence in Enterprise Architecture Awards will be presented on the morning of Thursday, September 10th, 2009 during the Enterprise Architecture Conference to be held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC.
We look forward to receiving your nomination. For any questions, please email us at EAAwards2009@1105govinfo.com.
The submission deadline is 5:00PM Eastern on Friday, July 10, 2009.
1. Name of EA based Project:
2. Government Agency:
3. Government contact and contact info:
4. EA project website, information portal and/or collaboration site address, if applicable:
5. Name of nominator, affiliation, contact info:
6. Summary of enterprise challenge (overarching strategic issue/outcome sought): 50 words:
7. Summary of EA-driven solution: 50 words
The following narratives will be judged for award.
8. Who are the customer(s) of the EA-driven solution(s) benefits?
9. What results and benefits have been achieved to date?
10. Please explain how the EA discipline is being applied and how the appropriate stakeholders and business/mission staff were engaged.
11. Why do you consider the results from this EA-driven solution(s) worthy of this Award for Excellence?
The submission deadline is 5:00PM Eastern on Friday, July 10, 2009.
EA Hall of Fame - Nomination Form
This award will be given based on individual leadership in EA Practice over a period of time, Promotion and Professionalization (open to current and or former government employees – whom have not previously won). The nominators and/or endorsers need not be current or former government employees. The submissions are limited to two pages, single spaced, maximum.
1. Nominee name, current contact information and positions or titles of relevance to nomination and time frames for each.
2. Name of nominator, current contact information (email and phone number) and title/position. (Same for up to two additional endorsees for the nomination.)
3. Description of the nominee’s contributions to EA practice, promotion or professionalism in Government. Include accomplishments and other leadership activities that showed initiative, innovation and anything that promoted or advanced the practice of EA.
The judges reserve the right to contact the nominator or endorsers of
the nomination with questions or clarifications.