HANDBOOK Of ENTERPRICE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE IN PRACTICE

The federal enterprise architecture framework (FEAF) is perhaps the most adopted EA framework, especially within the U.S. Government agencies. Either FEAF has been adopted as-is or other frameworks derived from FEAF have been used. FEAF today continues to be the most comprehensive framework available for guidance by agencies. It consists of a full-fledged methodology, several reference models, target architectures, and even a toolkit that facilitates adoption across all agencies. Chapter I evaluates synergies between the comprehensive FEAF against the Generalized Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodology (GERAM) framework. The chapter discusses the level of completeness in the FEAF based on GERAM requirements and additionally areas where the FEAF goes well beyond GERAM requirements