Coming Meetings

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2008, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Topic:
A Preview of DoDAF V2.0

Location

Trade Center, M Level, Suite M 800, Training Room A
Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Contact: (202) 281-5887
Metro: Federal Triangle, Orange and Blue lines. The Ronald Reagan Building can be accessed from the station through the tunnel.

Additional Information

Please RSVP to J Wu, if you plan to come.

Call number for the meeting:
1-218-936-6666 Code: 2042011#

Refreshments will be kindly provided by the FEAC Institute. (www.feacinstitute.org )

Topic: A Preview of DoDAF V2.0

Speaker: John Tieso
The DoDAF Development Team
Supporting OASD(NII) Architecture Directorate

Abstract

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DoDAF version 2.0 has been going through several development, review, and revise sprials and is emerging from the development cycle. This version is a major change from previous versions in the following aspects:
  • Data-centric vs. product-centric
  • Wider range of example models
  • "Fit-for-purpose" development guidance
  • Better linkage to major departmental programs and the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework
  • Integrated data model.
  • Backward compatibility with DoDAF v1.0, and DoDAF v1.5
  • Extended capability to support international and coalition partners
This preview will highlight the coming version and discuss the changes it brings.

Speakers' Bio


John Tieso has had a long and distinguished record of achievement in assisting clients to effect desired change and improvement in their organizations. Prior to retirement from the Federal Government in 1997, Mr. Tieso was Deputy Director, Functional Process Improvement in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence) and was a principal in the development of the methodology and techniques for C4ISR Architecture. He was an active member of the teams that created the DoD Architecture Framework, Version 1.0, and subsequently served as the Configuration Control manager for changes to that document. He has been an active member of the DoDAF 2.0 revisions, and is the principal author for Volume I, the Decision-makers volume.

Mr. Tieso is well known for his efforts toward defining Business Process Reengineering (BPR), and was the project manager for development of the first BPR Practitioner’s Program within the DoD community.

Since retirement, Mr. Tieso has been Vice President and Director, Process Innovation at the D. Appleton Company in Fairfax VA., a principal engineer at Silver Bullet Solutions Inc., in Arlington, VA., and is now employed with Booz Allen Hamilton in support of the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Network Information and Integration).

Mr. Tieso was honored by the IT community as a member of the Federal 100 Class of 1995, and has received a Life Achievement Award from the Industry Advisory Council for his work on Business Reengineering. He has also received awards from the Smithsonian Institution, The Computerworld Awards Program, Government Computer News, the Information Technology Association of America, and a number of other national and international groups.

John Tieso’s most recent work, Avoiding False Mirrors: Some Thoughts on Process Management Change in Innovative Organizations is in publication for release on November 1st, 2008.