MEGA introduces DoDAF architecture suite
Article Type: Mini features From: Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal, Volume 81, Issue 4
MEGA, which has provided enterprise architecture (EA) and business process analysis (BPA) solutions for nearly 20 years, recently introduced the MEGA Suite for DoDAF. It is a new solution based on the MEGA Modelling Suite to specifically support the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF).
The DoDAF, so named because it originated with the US Department of Defense(DoD) and is a requirement for DoD agencies and contractors to use in developing architectures, has become an international standard for the world’s largest defense, aerospace, and security organisations. The DoDAF is applicable to all large organisations that require structured, repeatable methods to plan and implement organisational change and deploy new technologies. It is used to visualise, represent, and understand complicated operational and systems architectures, and provide support for decision making, all based on standard descriptions.
MEGA, just named by Forrester Research as a leader in its report, The Forrester Wave: Business Process Analysis, Enterprise Architecture (EA) Tools,and IT Planning, Q1 2009, has now extended its industry-leading EA tool to support DoDAF. This repository-based modelling tool helps define and link process and information technology (IT) architecture components. The suite offers extended workgroup capabilities, and automatic generation of reports as required by the standard. IT planning capabilities support decision-making and enable systems to be evolved on a lifetime basis.
EADS, the second largest aerospace and defense company in the world, is using the MEGA Suite for DoDAF to support its activities on the SESAR Project, the programme for the modernisation of European air traffic control.
“MEGA used its extensive experience in enterprise architecture modelling to create the MEGA Suite for DoDAF, which aligns organisational and IT requirements in the military and security sectors,” explained Jean-Yves Sauze, System Architect, EADS. “With this tool, we have been able to describe an architecture and its technical solution, adapt the DoDAF framework to the project requirements, and easily communicate the architecture to stakeholders. It has been quite helpful in supporting design and validation activities.”
Sauze said the EADS project team has found the MEGA tool to be intuitive and easy to use, helping to provide rich information for decision making. EADS, with 116,000 employees in France, Germany, Spain, the UK, the USA, and Australia and annual revenues of more than €39 billion, is a leader in defense,aerospace, homeland security, and commercial markets.
The MEGA Suite for DoDAF, which is easily customisable, allows impact analysis and link tracking. Standard notation allows easy navigation between levels of descriptions. It comes with a powerful reporting tool, with more than 60 analysis reports.
An important and differentiating feature, traceability with requirements, is achieved by interfacing the MEGA Suite for DoDAF to Telelogic Doors, the standard requirement management system in the defense market.
With easy access to all DoDAF views and elements, validation checks to ensure consistency across models, and a dictionary of over 12,000 terms documenting the standard, the MEGA software fully supports DoDAF implementation.
Details available from: MEGA, Tel.: +44 (0)20 8323 8033, E-mail: jboulanger@mega.com,Web site: www.mega.com
