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The questions below are undergoing review during Summer 2011 and are subject to change.

Phase Description

During the Initiation Phase, a Business Owner identifies a business need for which a technological solution is required and a preliminary enterprise architecture review is conducted to determine if there is sufficient justification to proceed into the Concept Phase.

Stage Gate Review Purpose

The Initiation Stage Gate Review considers whether the Business Needs Statement justifies proceeding to the Concept Phase for a full Business Case and preliminary Project Management Plan.

Architecture Review Purpose

The Architecture Review is performed to ensure that the Business Needs Statement is sound and is consistent with the NIH Enterprise Architecture and whether the proposed project potentially duplicates, interferes, contradicts or can leverage another project or system† that already exists, or is proposed, under development, or planned for near-term disposition.

EA Reviewer Domain Acronyms

Acronym Reviewer Domain
CA Chief Architect
BA Business Architecture
AA Application Architecture
IA Information Architecture
SOA Service-Oriented Architecture / Integration Architecture
TA Technology Architecture
All All domains
 

Initiation Phase Questions

No. Question Domain

Response
(Y, N, NA)

Comments
1 Does the proposed project duplicate other projects, investments, systems†, services†, or interfaces? All    
2 Has the proposed project identified reuse opportunities (for example, by reviewing existing business process models, conceptual data models, and the NIH EA repository†)? All    
3 Does the proposed project align with the NIH Enterprise Architecture? All    
4 Is there an unplanned or negative impact or consequence on the NIH Enterprise Architecture or on the NIH IT infrastructure?
AA, TA    
5 Does the proposed project map to the NIH Enterprise Business model? BA    
6 Has the proposed project identified the major business process areas and NIH assets that might be affected? BA, IA    
7 Has there been an EA approved architecture review and is there an EA engagement plan for the proposed project? CA    
8 If needed is the project/investment team collaborating with other OPDIVs or agencies, does it leverage an Federal Transition Framework (FTF) initiative, or is there any potential redundancy with any e-Gov or HHS initiative? CA    
9 Is the Business Need described clearly? CA, BA    
10 Does the proposed project align with organizational, NIH and HHS strategic goals sufficiently to proceed? CA, BA    
11 Are the proposed project’s purpose, goals and scope reasonable to justify proceeding? CA, BA    
12 Does the proposed project provide sufficient qualitative and quantitative benefits to justify proceeding? CA, BA    
13 Does the proposed project have sufficient merit to justify proceeding to the Concept Phase? CA, BA    

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Last Updated: January 23, 2012