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Acquisition Management Policy _{(Revised 4/2009)}

2.3.1 : Corporate Mission Analysis _{(Revised 7/2008)}

2.3.1.1 : What Must Be Done _{(Revised 7/2008)}

2.3.1.2 : Outputs and Products _{(Revised 7/2008)}

2.3.1.3 : Who Does It? _{(Revised 8/2008)}

2.3.1.4 : Who Approves _{(Revised 8/2008)}

2.3.1 : Corporate Mission Analysis _{(Revised 7/2008)}

Corporate mission analysis is a strategic management process that generates the FAA flight plan and establishes the framework for the enterprise architecture and all subordinate FAA plans and budgets. It translates FAA strategic goals into high-level courses of action for service organizations; coordinates and integrates service analysis by individual service organizations; and evolves the strategic direction of the FAA over time as the operating environment changes.

2.3.1.1 : What Must Be Done _{(Revised 7/2008)}

Establish agency-level strategic goals, objectives, targets, and initiatives as recorded in the FAA flight plan;
Sustain the enterprise architecture and ensure consistency with agency strategic goals and objectives;
Establish measures that provide leading indicators of progress for achieving projected benefit goals for use by program management and at service-level reviews;
Align service goals with corporate strategic goals and objectives;
Coordinate service analysis by service organizations to eliminate programmatic redundancies, duplication of benefits, service gaps, and service overlaps;
Identify and plan for programmatic and operational interdependencies that cut across service organizations;
Conduct mission analyses that cut across lines of business;
Develop and maintain corporate-level expertise, standards, and tools for mission and service analysis;
Assist service organizations in developing and maintaining a strong service analysis capability.

2.3.1.2 : Outputs and Products _{(Revised 7/2008)}

FAA flight plan;

FAA enterprise architecture;

Mission analyses that cut across lines of business;

FAA standards, guidance, and tools for mission and service analysis.

2.3.1.3 : Who Does It? _{(Revised 8/2008)}

The Plans and Policy organization (APO) conducts the strategic management process, which results in the FAA flight plan. The ATO Systems Engineering organization performs mission analyses that cut across lines of business; coordinates service analysis by service organizations to ensure alignment with FAA strategic goals and eliminate redundant activity, duplication of benefits, service gaps, and service overlap; develops and maintains standards and tools for conducting service analysis; and assists service organizations in establishing a service analysis capability. Service organizations participate in and contribute to agency-level mission analyses. The Chief Information Officer maintains the FAA enterprise architecture. The ATO Chief Operating Officer maintains the NAS architecture.

2.3.1.4 : Who Approves _{(Revised 8/2008)}

The Administrator:

Approves the FAA flight plan.

The Joint Resources Council:

Approves changes to the enterprise architecture.