page_title: Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework
section_title: Performance Improvement Lifecycle
hierarchical_section_title: Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework / Performance Improvement Lifecycle
caption_attribution_description: English: Information and IT-Enabled Performance Improvement Lifecycle
context_page_description: The Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework is created by the US Federal government Office of Management and Budget to allow federal agencies to assess and report their enterprise architecture activity and maturity, and to advance the use of enterprise architecture in the federal government.
  The version 2.2 of the framework was released in October 2007, and version 3.1 in June 2009.
context_section_description: Government agencies are continually assessing current performance, identifying opportunities for improvement, and translating them into specific actions. Enterprise architecture is an integrated management practice that maximizes the use of an agency’s resources to achieve their goals. Architecture describes the pathway from strategic goals and objectives, through investments, to measurable performance improvements for the entire enterprise or a portion.
  Continuous performance improvement is the principal driver connecting EA program staff with key business stakeholders across each phase of the Performance Improvement Lifecycle. Agency Chief Architects and EA program staff:
  identify and prioritize enterprise segments and opportunities to improve mission performance, linked to agency goals and objectives;
  plan a course of action to close performance gaps, using common or shared information assets and information technology assets;
  allocate agency resources supporting program management and project execution;
  measure and assess performance to verify and report results; and
  assess feedback on program performance to enhance architecture, investment and implementation decisions.
  Opportunities to improve mission performance are prioritized in terms of their relative value to the agency’s strategic goals and objectives in the enterprise transition plan (ETP) and segment architecture.
caption: Information and IT-Enabled Performance Improvement Lifecycle
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