The Department of Transportation's (DOT) lack of participation and support in EA has been a challenge for DOT throughout the past. Operating Administrations were developing their EA programs through an initiative focus, independent of the Departmental view. These Operating Administrations were not seeing the value for participating with Departmental initiatives and were developing stovepipe solutions not integrated with the overall Departmental framework.

After successfully building your new IT enterprise architecture, it's time to test it. Testing proves that the hard work you and your team have put in really works. By stressing the new architecture, you'll know where its weaknesses are and how well it will serve the enterprise. New technology, especially technology that's on the bleeding edge, will have some kinks to work out. Testing the information technology (IT) architecture is all-inclusive. Testing should include the hardware, applications, and the people responsible for those systems.

Single Family Housing. Deemed a high priority because of high maintenance costs and poor field office support. Reduces the number of systems by 80%. Minimizes functional overlap. Modernizes technology base. Decreases the total cost of ownership.  Next Steps:  Establish program management team to oversee implementation of the SFH blueprint, realign SFH IT initiatives to reflect the blueprint, and develop SFH transition plan.  HUD's EA practice fosters collaboration, applies working documents, enhances communication, and facilitates change.