{"id":9692,"date":"2021-09-21T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T12:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=9692"},"modified":"2021-11-24T10:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T15:50:51","slug":"federal-enterprise-architecture-framework-feaf-collaborative-planning-methodology-cpm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/federal-enterprise-architecture-framework-feaf-collaborative-planning-methodology-cpm\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF): Collaborative Planning Methodology (CPM)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Business and technology resources are aligned using Enterprise Architecture (EA)<\/a> in order to achieve strategic results, improve organizational performance, achieve Cost Optimization<\/a> and Operational Excellence<\/a>, and guide departments to fulfill their central missions more efficaciously.<\/p>\n

Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF)<\/a> does that for any U.S. federal agency and helps systems transcend interagency boundaries.<\/p>\n

Planning is one of the most important elements for bringing about change in an organization, if not the most important.\u00a0 Planning methodology for the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework is called Collaborative Planning Methodology (CPM)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Collaborative Planning Methodology is the next-generation successor to Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM).<\/p>\n

Collaborative Planning Methodology encompasses 2 phases and a total of 5 steps under these phases:<\/p>\n

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Organize and Plan<\/strong> phase lets planners facilitate partnership between sponsors and various stakeholders in order to ascertain and prioritize requirements, explore other organizations with same needs, and devise plans to tackle the stated requirements.<\/p>\n

Implement and Measure<\/strong> phase has the planners in assist role to other key personnel working to implement and monitor change related activities by supporting investment, procurement, implementation, and performance measurement actions and decisions.<\/p>\n

Each step under these 2 phases has a number of activities that need to be completed in order to obtain the outcome for that step.\u00a0 There are regular and essential iterations within and among the phases even though the phases have been displayed as successive.\u00a0 Let\u2019s discuss the key steps of the methodology in detail.<\/p>\n

1. Identify and Validate<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The objective of the 1st<\/sup> step is to ascertain what is required to be attained, comprehend the main drivers for change, and afterwards delineate and prioritize the goals with stakeholders and operational staff.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Key outcomes of the step include:<\/p>\n