The Real Property and Installations Lifecycle Management (RPILM) core business mission area (CBMA) oversees the suite of all information technology initiatives and systems (i.e., manages the IT portfolio) related to its functional scope across DoD. This responsibility includes aligning systems with desired strategies, priorities, capabilities, and outcomes; reducing redundant investments and implementations; verifying architecture and standards; protecting information assets; and ensuring the portfolio supports the warfighter. Organizationally, this CBMA responsibility is delegated to the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations & Environment (ODUSD(I&E)), who is supported by the Business Enterprise Integration (BEI) office.
The scope of the RPILM CBMA encompasses all phases of an installation asset's lifecycle, including (but not limited to) functionality related to real property accountability and management; environmental management; safety and occupational health; environmental liabilities; and, geospatial visualization.
The CBMA manages its scope and portfolio through its Domain Governance Board (DGB) and Investment Review Board (IRB). The DGB, which is comprised of senior leaders predominantly from the facilities management and engineering communities across DoD, commissions and approves business process modernization or reengineering efforts, data standards, and complementary business rules which are implemented via the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA). The IRB, the members of which are the Defense, Joint, and Service secretaries for installations and environment, reviews all initiatives and systems with lifetime modernization investments of more than $1,000,000 as well as those deemed of special interest to the IRB regardless of investment size; validates their compliance with strategy, objectives, architecture, and value; and recommends them for certification by the Certification Authority (CA) and subsequent approval by the Defense Business Systems Management Committee (DBSMC) in accordance with the 2005 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Additionally, the IRB is charged by the NDAA with annually reviewing certified and/or special interest systems for continued compliance. It is also within the IRB's purview to deny, modify, or revoke a certification if an initiative or system does not meet requirements, fails to comply with identified conditions, is poorly managed (e.g., behind schedule or over budget), or represents excessive risk.
Tiered accountability is an approach in which each "tier" (e.g., Component, such as a Service or Agency) is responsible for developing its own architecture as well as aligning its transformation with the strategic direction of the DoD. Through its federation strategy, DoD coordinates business transformation across the Enterprise and within Components. Through this approach, the individual system program offices, Component pre-certification authorities (PCAs), the RPILM IRB Support Staff, and the RPILM IRB work together to identify, document, support, and review proposed and existing IT system and programmatic investments with the following objectives:
Portfolio management (PfM) is driven primarily by the business capabilities described in the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), by direction ratified by the I&E Domain Governance Board, and by the CBMA's functional scope. Systems are inventoried and their capabilities classified in relation to the CBMA scope. Analyses are performed to develop system architecture views and to assess redundancies and gaps in functionality on behalf of DoD. Funding profiles are prepared and reviewed; in particular, plans, budgets, and returns on investment are inspected to ensure the funding support is available and business case made for each initiative. Informed certifications decisions are then made based on the analyses.
The RPILM IRB Support team supports RPILM's IRB in all matters relating to the FY 2005 NDAA. The team is responsible for:
In general, the DGB and IRB meet on a monthly basis, although their business may be conducted "virtually" (i.e., through e-mail) depending upon its nature. Before the meetings, the IRB members are provided with a certification or annual review package for each initiative or system. During the meetings, they vote to certify, deny, or revoke. Certifications and revocations are forwarded to the DBSMC for approval.
