Interoperability Clearinghouse

The architecture immersion program is a follow on to the validation program and provides organizations with a detailed roadmap to implementation success . It provides all the benefits and deliverables of the validation program, plus verification of the architecture framework against real-world solutions. This gap analysis ensures that the specific representations of the architecture output, relating to common business functions, is consistent with commercial implementation best practices.

The Architecture Immersion program includes the ICH templates and common criteria for technology architecture definition and product selection. It provides a mechanism for bridging the gap between the output of the EA with the capital-planning program by providing a process of evaluating technical alternatives and properly defining and validating technical requirements. This Program is an ICH Silver Branded program.

Deliverables:

Basic ICH membership offerings
Validation Program Deliverables
Metrics for Assuring Alignment
Technical Solution Common Criteria
Solution Evaluation Matrix (against vendor proposals)
ICH Silver Branding
Solution Audit Report
Risk Analysis Report

Benefits:

Those engaging this architecture assessment program identify gaps in the target technical architecture based on commercial best practices. This step of the EA validation process is where the test of implementability is applied. It is where one determines the viability and interoperability of proposed solutions based on accuracy and competencies of the implementation view. The results of this stage are;

Reduce risk of implementation failure
Establishment of source selection criteria
Means of determining specific metrics of succes
Ability to access and leverage commercial best practices
Use of a open and government approved architecture validation process

	Annual Architecture Subscription
	Architecture Mentoring
	Architecture Validation
	Combined Services Offering