XML.gov Registry/Repository

Business Case

Final

Table of Contents

Executive Summary. 4

Statement of Purpose. 4

Summary Project Description. 4

Importance and Impact of Investment. 5

Summary of Investment Costs. 6

Barriers to Success in Current Environment. 7

Introduction. 8

Current Environment and Background. 8

Why is this Investment Important?. 10

What is the Potential Impact?. 11

Project Description. 13

Concept of Operations. 13

Customers and Stakeholders. 13

Key Assumptions. 14

Key Risks. 15

What are Barriers to Success?. 15

How Much of an Investment is Required?. 16

Link to Mission and President’s Management Agenda (PMA) 17

Technical Description and Plans: Technology and Architecture. 20

Enterprise Architecture: Applications and Technology. 22

Enterprise Architecture: Data. 29

Security and Privacy Plan. 31

Alternatives Analysis. 35

Methodology: Business Case Process Using the Value Measuring Methodology (VMM) 35

Description of the Alternatives. 37

Cost Analysis. 40

Value/Benefit Analysis. 44

Risk Analysis. 51

Comparing the Alternatives. 52

Recommended Alternative. 53

Implementation and Management Strategy. 55

Governance Model: Leadership and Structure. 55

Appendix A: Cost Element Structure. A-1

System Development & Planning. A-1

System Implementation. A-3

System Operations and Maintenance. A-6

Appendix B: Risk Methodology and Basis of Estimate. B-1

Appendix C: Value Analysis Methodology and Basis of Estimate. C-1

Appendix D: Requirements and Use Cases. D-1

Requirements. D-1

Use Cases. D-2

Table of Figures

Figure 1: Status Quo Registry/Repository Logical Architecture. 23

Figure 2: Centralized Registry/Repository Logical Architecture. 24

Figure 3: Mature Federated Registry/Repository Logical Architecture. 25

Figure 4: Preliminary Federated Registry/Repository Logical Architecture. 27

Figure 5: Security Life Cycle. 32

Figure 6: Security Risk Management 33

Figure 7. Business Change Model 56

Figure 8: Maintenance Model 58

Figure 9: Governance model 60

Table of Tables

Table 1: Summary of Investment Costs 6

Table 2: Required Investment 16

Table 3: PMA Support 18

Table 4: Summary Description Of Alternatives 37

Table 5: Base Case Lifecycle Costs 41

Table 6: Federated Model Lifecycle Costs 42

Table 7: XML PMO Costs (Primary Registry Operations plus Program Mgmt and Policy Oversight) 43

Table 8: Centralized Registry/Repository Lifecycle Costs 44

Table 9: Value/Benefit Weights 45

Table 10: Base Case Value Analysis 46

Table 11: Federated Model Value Analysis