Term Definitions

Name	Description
Account Classification Reference Number	Account Classification Reference Number means any combination of a two position alpha/numeric code used as a method of relating the accounting classification citation to detailed line item information contained in the schedule.
Accounting	Accounting is the process of recording financial events and ensuring fiscal integrity as required by law.
Accounting Classification	An Accounting Classification is a subset of an agency's financial information classification.
Accredited Standards Committee	The Accredited Standards Committee is an organization, accredited by ANSI, for the development of ANS.
Accrual	An Accrual is the recognition of revenue when earned or expenses when incurred, regardless of when cash is received or disbursed.
Acquisition Category	The United States Department of Defense divides future acquisition programs into four acquisition categories: ACAT I, ACAT II, ACAT III, or ACAT IA. The differences between these categories depend on their size and programatic differences.
Acquisition Program Baseline	Each program's Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) is developed and updated by the program manager and will govern the activity by prescribing the cost, schedule and performance constraints in the phase succeeding the milestone for which it was developed. The APB captures the user capability needs, including key performance parameters, which are copied verbatim from the capability development document. (CJCSI 3170.01E).
Acquisition Visibility	Acquisition Visibility (AV) is defined as achieving timely access to accurate, authoritative, and reliable information supporting acquisition oversight, accountability, and decision-making throughout the Department for effective and efficient delivery of Warfighter capabilities.
Acronym	An Acronym is the short form of a phrase used in the BEA or ETP.
Active Component	That portion of the armed forces as identified in annual authorization acts as "active forces," and in section 115 of Title 10 USC as those Active Duty personnel paid from funds appropriated for Active Duty personnel. (DoDI 1215.06, Para. E2.1)
Active Duty	Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. This includes members of the Reserve Component serving on active duty or full-time training duty, but does not include full-time National Guard duty. Also called AD. See also active duty for training; inactive duty training.
Active Duty for Training	A tour of active duty which is used for training members of the Reserve Components to provide trained units and qualified persons to fill the needs of the Armed Forces in time of war or national emergency and such other times as the national security requires. The member is under orders that provide for return to non-active status when the period of active duty for training is completed. This includes annual training, special tours of active duty for training, school tours, and the initial duty for training performed by nonprior service enlistees. Also called ADT.
Active Guard/Reserve	Active Guard and Reserve are members of a Reserve component on active duty under section 12301(d) of Reference (d), 14 U.S.C. (Reference (g)), or full-time National Guard duty under sections 328 and 502(f) of reference (e) for a period of 180 consecutive days or more to perform duties as described in sections 101, 10211, and 12310 of Reference (d). (DoDI 1205.18)
Activities	Activities are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content. Activities are work that transforms (changes) inputs into outputs or changes their state.
Activity	Work, not specific to a single organization, weapon system or individual that transforms inputs (Resources) into outputs (Resources) or changes their state.
Advance Medical Directive	A written document which explains one's wishes about medical treatment if one becomes incompetent or unable to communicate, or which governs the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from the maker of the document in the event of an incurable or irreversible condition that will cause death within a relatively short period of time, and when the maker is no longer able/competent to make decisions regarding his/her medical treatment. (DODD 1350.4)
Advance Payments	An Advance Payment is an advance of money by the Government to a prime contractor before, in anticipation of, and for the purpose of complete performance under one or more contracts.
Agency	An Agency is any department, commission, authority, administration, board, or other independent establishment in the Executive branch of the Government.
Agency Operations	Agency Operations (Agency Ops) provides centralized support across the Business Transformation Agency. This support enables the directorates to complete their individual missions, contributing to the overall transformation mission of the Agency.
All Viewpoint	Some overarching aspects of an Architectural Description relate to all the views. The All Viewpoint (AV) models provide information pertinent to the entire Architectural Description, such as the scope and context of the Architectural Description. The scope includes the subject area and time frame for the Architectural Description. The setting in which the Architectural Description exists comprises the interrelated conditions that compose the context for the Architectural Description. These conditions include doctrine; tactics, techniques, and procedures; relevant goals and vision statements; concepts of operations (CONOPS); scenarios; and environmental conditions.
American National Standard	American National Standard is a designation conferred by ANSI upon standards submitted by ANSI-accredited Standards Development Organizations.
American National Standards Institute	The American National Standards Institute is an organization that administers and coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.
Architecture-guided	The architecture provides a framework against which new capabilities are identified and within which existing capabilities are arranged. It serves as a critical benchmark against which the DBSMC and IRBs assess and certify any proposed initiatives and expenditures.
Attribute	An Attribute is a property or characteristic that is common to some or all of the instances of an Entity. Attributes that identify Entities are key Attributes. Attributes that describe an Entity are non-key Attributes. Attributes are associated to one and only one Entity and represent the normalized view of Data Elements within DIV-2 Entities.
Authentication	In the context of an Information Exchange Integrity attribute, the requirement for proof of identity/ authorization.
Authorized	An Authorization is the giving of permission before an act.
Availability	Timely, reliable access to data and information services for authorized users; an Information Exchange characteristic.
BEA Development Methodology	The BEA Development Methodology (BDM) document describes the overall approach and process for developing the Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), one of the primary tools used to drive transformation within the Department of Defense (DoD) Business Mission Area (BMA). The BDM reflects the current methodology for developing the BEA, incorporating lessons learned across the architecture development life-cycle and identifying best practices from the successful development of previous releases of the BEA.
BEA Improvement Proposal	A BEA Improvement Proposal (BIP) identifies specific gaps or business capability improvements to be addressed in a future release of the BEA. These gaps or business capability improvements are documented in the form of a BIP. BIPs are generated and submitted from multiple sources including BEA stakeholders and changes to LRPs.
BPM Event	An Event is something that "happens" during the course of a business process. These events affect the flow of the process and usually have a cause (trigger) or an impact (result). Events are represented as circles with open centers to allow internal markers to differentiate different triggers or results. There are three types of Events, based on when they affect the flow: Start, Intermediate, and End.
BPM Process	A Process is used on an OV-6c to denote a set of activities performed within a business organization, where an activity (not to be confused with the OV-5 usage for "operational activity") is a generic term for work that a business organization performs. A BPM Process is depicted as a graph of Flow Objects, which are a set of other process steps and the controls that sequence them.
BR Source Type	A Business Rule Source Type indicates the derivation of the Business Rule; that is, compliance requirement, derived requirement, or process.
Basic Allowance for Housing	The Basic Allowance for Housing is an allowance to offset the cost of housing when you do not receive government-provided housing. Your BAH depends upon your location, pay grade and whether you have dependents. BAH rates are set by surveying the cost of rental properties in each geographic location. The rates are established such that members in each pay grade, independent of location, pay approximately the same out-of-pocket costs. Therefore, BAH rates in high-cost areas will be much greater than those in low-cost areas.
Basic Format	The format of a date and time representation or date and time format representation comprising the minimum number of time elements necessary for the accuracy required.
Business Capability	A Business Capability is the ability to execute a specific course of action. It can be a single business enabler or a combination of business enablers (e.g., business processes, policies, people, tools, or systems information) that assist an organization in delivering value to its customer.
Business Enterprise Architecture	A Business Enterprise Architecture is a blueprint to guide and constrain investments in DoD organizations, operations, and systems as they relate to or impact business operations. It will provide the basis for the planning, development, and implementation of business management systems that comply with Federal mandates and requirements, and will produce accurate, reliable, timely, and compliant information for DoD staff.
Business Enterprise Priority	A Business Enterprise Priority is an area where transformed business operations will provide improved warfighter support, reduced costs, and better regulatory compliance. A BEP is formulated based on requirements identified by the warfighter, the Components, and the BTA. Initial priorities are; Acquisition Visibility, Common Supplier Engagement, Financial Visibility, Materiel Visibility, Personnel Visibility, and Real Property Accountability.
Business Mission Area	The Global Information Grid Architecture identifies four interdependent entities, or Mission Areas, within the DoD Enterprise Architecture. The Mission Areas are Warfighting (WMA), Business (BMA), DoD portion of Intelligence (DIMA), and Enterprise Information Environment (EIE). The role of the BMA is to deliver products and services required by the WMA to accomplish assigned objectives.
Business Process Reengineering	Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is basically the fundamental rethinking and radical re-design made to an organizations existing resources. It is more than just business improvising. It is an approach for redesigning the way work is done to better support the mission of the organization and reduce costs.
Business Rule	Listed in the OV-6a, a Business Rule is a "constraint on an enterprise, a mission, operation, business, or architecture". A business rule describes what the business must or cannot do. A business rule is "an atomic piece of business logic, specified declaratively, whose intent is to control, guide, or enhance behavior."
Business System	A Business System is an information system, other than a national security system, operated by, for, or on behalf of the Department of Defense, including financial systems, mixed systems, financial data feeder systems, and information technology and information assurance infrastructure, used to support business activities. These business activities include acquisition, financial management, logistics, strategic planning and budgeting, installations and environment, and human resources management. (FY05 NDAA) In addition, the DODD 8500.1 further defines a system as a "set of information resources organized for the collection, storage, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, disposition, display, or transmission of information." DCMO business systems include: Federal Systems used or supported by DoD; Component (multi-Component) standard systems; major command systems; and data stores. DCMO business systems do not include: office automation, data management, information assurance, and other similar types of enabling software.
Business Systems Response Office	To address COCOMs' near-term emergent requirements, a Business Systems Response Office (BSRO) has been recently established within USD (AT&L) to assist in identifying quick win and quick turn-around business solutions. As an advocate for the warfighter, the BSRO coordinates on Department-level issues with the OSD staff, USTRANSCOM, COCOMs, Services, and DLA to resolve near-term business system, process, procedures and policy concerns that are encumbering force transformation.
Business Transformation	Business Transformation is a key executive management initiative to align the technology initiatives of an organization more closely with its business strategy and vision. Business transformation is achieved through efforts from both business and IT areas.
Business Transformation Agency	The Deputy Secretary of Defense directed the establishment of the Defense Business Transformation Agency (BTA) in a memorandum effective October 7, 2005. The mission of this Agency is to transform business operations to achieve improved warfighter support while enabling financial accountability across the Department of Defense. The BTA was abolished effective October 1, 2011 and the BEA/Enterprise Transition Plan related responsibilities of the agency were transferred to the DCMO.
Capabilities Production Document	A document that addresses the production elements specific to a single increment of an acquisition program. The CPD must be validated and approved before a Milestone C decision review. The refinement of performance attributes and Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) is the most significant difference between the Capability Development Document (CDD) and CPD. The CPD format is contained in DoD 5000.02 and CJCSI 3170.01G.
Capability	Capability is a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on models of what is needed to perform a set of activities under certain conditions and standards to achieve desired effects and the way in which those needs are satisfied.
Capability Dependencies	The dependencies between planned capabilities and the definition of logical groupings of capabilities.
Capability Development Document	A document that captures the information necessary to develop a proposed program(s), normally using an evolutionary acquisition strategy. The CDD outlines an affordable increment of militarily useful, logistically supportable, and technically mature capability. The CDD supports a Milestone B decision review. The CDD format is contained in Manual for the Operation of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System.
Capability Phasing	The planned achievement of capability at different points in time or during specific periods of time. The CV-3 shows the capability phasing in terms of the activities, conditions, desired effects, rules complied with, resource consumption and production, and measures, without regard to the performer and location solutions.
Capability Target	A major portion of a capability such as the development and deployment of a system that is part of the implementation of a Capability. "Target" implies that metrics can be identified and taken to assess the progress towards achieving the target.
Capability Taxonomy	A hierarchy of capabilities which specifies all the capabilities that are referenced throughout one or more Architectural Descriptions.
Capability Viewpoint	The Capability Viewpoint (CV) captures the enterprise goals associated with the overall vision for executing a specified course of action, or the ability to achieve a desired effect under specific standards and conditions through combinations of means and ways to perform a set of tasks. It provides a strategic context for the capabilities described in an Architectural Description, and an accompanying high-level scope, more general than the scenario-based scope defined in an operational concept diagram. The models are highlevel and describe capabilities using terminology, which is easily understood by decision makers and used for communicating a strategic vision regarding capability evolution.
Capability to Operational Activities Mapping	A mapping between the capabilities required and the operational activities that those capabilities support.
Capability to Organizational Development Mapping	The fulfillment of capability requirements shows the planned capability deployment and interconnection for a particular Capability Phase. The CV-5 shows the planned solution for the phase in terms of performers and locations and their associated concepts.
Capability to Services Mapping	A mapping between the capabilities and the services that these capabilities enable.
Capability-driven	Transformation is planned and implemented around the concept of a capability.
Cargo	Cargo is materiel or goods being transported or waiting to be transported.
Certification Authority	The designated PSA with responsibility for review, approval, and oversight of the planning, design, acquisition, deployment, operation, maintenance, and modernization of Defense business systems. Primary authorities for certification of the system are: USD (P&R) Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel & Readiness) USD (AT&L) USD (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) USD (C) (Comptroller) ASD (NII) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration ) For example, the USD (AT&L) is responsible and accountable for any Defense business system that supports defense acquisition activities, logistics activities, or installations and environment activities of DoD. Others include the USD(C) for any Defense business system that supports financial management activities or strategic planning and budgeting activities; the USD (P&R) for any Defense business system that supports human resources management activities; and the Deputy Secretary of Defense or an Under Secretary of Defense as designated by the Secretary of Defense, for any Defense business system that supports any activity of the DoD not covered by the established four CAs.
Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Instruction	A replacement document for all types of correspondence containing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff policy and guidance that does not involve the employment of forces. An instruction is of indefinite duration and is applicable to external agencies, or both the Joint Staff and external agencies. It remains in effect until superseded, rescinded, or otherwise canceled. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff instructions, unlike joint publications, will not contain joint doctrine. Terminology used in these publications will be consistent with JP 1-02.
Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act	Executive Order 13128--Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act.
Classification	A Classification is an arrangement or grouping.
Classified	In the context of an Information Exchange Confidentiality characteristic, the confidentiality protection required under the terms of Executive Order (EO) 12958.
Commercial Invoice	A stand-alone payment request that is used to invoice the DoD for supplies or services.
Commercial Invoice 2N1	A stand-alone payment request that is used to invoice the DoD for non cost reimbursable service contracts.
Commercial Item Financing Request	A form of contract financing for commercial items. This request typically refers to any item, other than real property, that is customarily used by the general public and has been sold (or offered to be), leased, or licensed to the general public. There are two types of Commercial Financing; namely, Commercial Advance Payments, which take place before any work is done on the contract, and Commercial Interim Payments, which involve financing payments after some work has been accomplished.
Common Data Structure	All financial and programmatic information used by the budgetary, cost and financial processes.
Common Supplier Engagement	Common Supplier Engagement (CSE) is the alignment and integration of the policies, processes, data, technology and people to provide a consistent experience for suppliers and DoD stakeholders to ensure reliable and accurate delivery of acceptable goods and services to support the warfighter.
Compliance Requirement	A Compliance Requirement is an architecture constraint derived from a public law, regulation, and/or policy (LRP) applicable to a particular Process, Gateway, Data Object, or Data Element. BEA Compliance Requirements are maintained in the LRP Repository and/or as an OV-6c Object.
Component	DoD Components (for DCMO purposes) are defined as the Military Services, DoD Agencies, Defense Field Activities, Joint Staff, and Combatant Commands.
Component Acquisition Executive	Component Acquisition Executives are Secretaries of the Military Departments or Heads of Agencies with the power of redelegation. In the Military Departments, the officials delegated as CAEs (also called Service Acquisition Executives (SAEs)) are respectively, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology), the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), and the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition). The CAEs are responsible for all acquisition functions within their Component. This includes both the SAEs for the Military Departments and acquisition executives in other DoD Components, such as the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), who also have acquisition management responsibilities.
Component Priority	A Component Priority is an area where transformed business operations will provide a Component with improved warfighter support, reduced costs, and better regulatory compliance. These priorities are complementary to Business Enterprise Priorities and address the assigned mission needs of the particular Component.
Component-Level	Component-Level, within the context of tiered accountability, refers to the programs and solutions managed by the Component.
Comprehensive Recovery Plan	An individualized plan that captures the RSMs Needs, Goals, and Actions through the phases of recovery with appropriate contact information to complete the actions and achieve the goals.
Conceptual Data Model	The required high-level data concepts and their relationships.
Confidentiality	Assurance that information is not disclosed to unauthorized entities or processes; an Information Exchange characteristic.
Confidentiality Level	An expression indicating whether a system is designed to handled Classified, Sensitive, or Public information.
Configuration Control Procedure	The Configuration Control Procedure (CCP) describes the change control processes that have been implemented to request and manage changes to the BEA through the use of the EE) architecture and configuration management tool, SA architecture tool, and the DKO web portal.
Constraints	Constraints are actions, occurrences, or factors outside the scope or control of the system or initiative that may adversely affect the proposed solution.
Continuing Resolution Act	A Continuing Resolution Act is a joint resolution that provides continuing appropriations for a fiscal year. CRAs (CRs) are enacted when Congress has not yet passed new appropriations bills and a program's appropriations are about to or have expired, or when the President has vetoed congressionally passed appropriations bills.
Core Business Mission	A Core Business Mission is a defined area of responsibility with functions and processes that provides end-to-end support to the warfighter. The five Core Business Missions are; Human Resources Management (HRM), Weapon System Lifecycle Management (WSLM), Real Property & Installation Lifecycle Management (RPILM), Materiel Supply & Service Management (MS&SM), and Financial Management (FM).
Cost of Living Allowance	Stipends or extra pay provided to employees who are being temporarily relocated may also be called cost-of-living adjustments or cost-of-living allowances. Such adjustments are intended to offset changes in welfare due to geographic differences in the cost of living. Such adjustments might more accurately be described as a per diem allowance or tied to a specific item, as with housing allowances. Employees who are being permanently relocated are less likely to receive such allowances, but may receive a base salary adjustment to reflect local market conditions.
Critical Technology Element	New or novel platform or system that depends on specific technologies to meet system operational threshold requirements in development, production, and operation.
Cross-Service Provider	A Cross-Service Provider is the Military Service or element thereof that performs a specific Human Resources function in support of a person or entity of another Military Service.
Cross-Service Support	Cross-Service Support is the required set of operational controls implemented by Human Resources Management (HRM) to comply with Cross-Service Support legal, regulatory, policy and performance requirements. The controls take the form of terms and conditions established by the OUSD P&R and consist of levels of HRM Cross-Service Support. One level is the ability to provide personnel and pay management support to all military members assigned to a unit, even when the commander belongs to a different military service than one or more of the members. Another level is the ability to provide specified HRM functions to service members not assigned to a unit but may be in an area where support from their own unit is not readily or efficiently available. Cross-Service Support increases the effectiveness of combined operations by reducing a service member's administrative time away from duty.
Data	Representation of information in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing by humans or by automatic means. Examples could be whole models, packages, entities, attributes, classes, domain values, enumeration values, records, tables, rows, columns, and fields.
Data Domain	A Data Domain represents a named and defined set of permitted values from which one or more Data Elements draw their values. A Data Domain is associated with Attributes through Data Elements. There are two kinds of data domains; Specific Domain and General Domain.
Data Element	A Data Element is the smallest unit of stored data, which means that it cannot be broken down further, or that it makes no sense to break it down further. The data element, however, can inherit properties from a data domain. Data Elements are unique across the BMA and are associated with one or more Attributes within the BEA Entities.
Data Object	A Data Object contains additional information on an OV-6c, which does not have any direct effect on the Sequence Flow or Message Flow but does show the data that may be passed, created, or consumed by the BPM Process. Data Objects are a mechanism to show how data is required or produced by process steps. A Data Object is considered an artifact because it does not have a direct effect on the Sequence or Message flow of the Process.
Data Synonym	Data Synonyms are optional BEA-defined constructs used to describe Data in alternate terms familiar to the business user. Data Synonyms exist in the context of a particular Information Exchange and must be associated to one or more attributes mapped to the same IE.
Data and Information Viewpoint	The Data and Information Viewpoint (DIV) captures the business information requirements and structural business process rules for the Architectural Description. It describes the information that is associated with the information exchanges in the Architectural Description, such as attributes, characteristics, and inter-relationships. Data is described fully in Volume 2. Where appropriate, the data captured in the models of this Viewpoint needs to be considered by COIs.
Defense Acquisition System Processes or Activities	The management process by which the Department of Defense provides effective, affordable, and timely systems to the users. (DoDD 5000.1)
Defense Business Systems Acquisition Executive	The Defense Business Systems Acquisition Executive (DBSAE), under the direction of the DBSMC, will drive the implementation of DoD Business Enterprise Priority systems and initiatives in support of DoD business transformation. The DBSAE will serve as the Component Acquisition Executive for DoD-wide business systems and will work with the Components to develop overarching business, acquisition, and contracting strategies that promote interoperability, risk identification and risk management, meaningful performance metrics, and lowest total operating cost. The DBSAE is responsible for managing the cost, schedule, and performance of enterprise-level programs and initiatives.
Defense Business Systems Management Committee	Chaired by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, it is the highest authority providing top level governance to coordinate defense business system modernization and to link improvements in business capabilities to the Warfighter. The DBSMC comprises the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretaries, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), the Service Secretaries, the Combatant Commanders of U.S. TRANSCOM and Joint Forces Command, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration/DoD Chief Information Officer (NII/CIO), and the Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation (PA&E) in an advisory role.
Defense Enterprise Integration Executive	The Defense Enterprise Integration Executive is the leader of the Enterprise Integration organization in the Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer (ODCMO).
Defense Financial Management Improvement Rules	System and operational rules which substantially improve the timeliness, reliability, and accuracy of financial information across DoD and contribute towards the Department's objectives of achieving audit readiness and delivering interoperable financial management systems.
Defense Health Program	The process for financial management oversight of the MHS funding. (DoD 6015.1-M)
Department of Defense	The Department of Defense is the United States' oldest and largest government agency. It is rooted back to pre-Revolutionary times; since then the Department of Defense has grown and evolved. The Department is not only in charge of the military, but it also employs a civilian force of thousands. Over 1.4 million men and women are on active duty, 718,000 personnel are civilian and 1.1 million serve in the National Guard and Reserve forces. The Defense Department manages an inventory of installations and facilities. The Department’s physical plant consists of more than several hundred thousand individual buildings and structures located at more than 5,000 different locations or sites.
Department of Defense Architecture Framework	"The Department of Defense (DoD) Architecture Framework (DoDAF), Version 1.0, defines a common approach for DoD architecture description development, presentation, and integration for both Warfighting operations and business operations and processes. The Framework is intended to ensure that architecture descriptions can be compared and related across organizational boundaries, including Joint and multinational boundaries" (from the Executive Summary of the DoDAF, version 1.)
Department of Defense Information Technology Portfolio Repository	The DoD IT Portfolio Repository (DITPR) is a database directly updated by the Components and contains key information that catalogues the DoD business systems.
Direct Cite	A Direct Cite is a citation of customer funds as the financing source on documents leaving the Department of Defense system.
Direct Cost Voucher	A form of payment request that is used when the vendor is authorized to bill for labor and materials, and is routed directly to the entitlement system without approval.
Direct Loan	A disbursement of funds by the government to a nonfederal borrower under a contract requiring repayment of such funds with or without interest. The term includes the purchase of, or participation in, a loan made by a nonfederal lender. It also includes the sale of a government asset on credit terms of more than 90 days duration.
Disbursement	A Disbursement is a prepayment for products or services received, or an advance to others.
DoD Activity	A Department of Defense (DoD) Activity is a ship, camp, post, station, base, activity, unit, installation, or facility operating within the DoD.
DoD Business Transformation Approach	The DoD Business Transformation Approach is a five-step process that guides planning for the To-Be state and occurs concurrently at the enterprise and Component levels. The five steps are: 1: Set Priorities 2: Analyze and Approve Solution 3: Build/Refine Required Architecture and Transition Plans 4: Define and Fund Programs 5: Execute and Evaluate Each step is revisited and improved as necessary during the process.
Domain Permitted Value	Domain Permitted Values are the entire set of the possible values with their definitions for a Specific Domain.
E2E Business Flow	An End-to-End (E2E) Business Flow (aka value chain) represents a set of integrated business processes that are aligned with the native capabilities of ERPs to fulfill a need identified by the organization. By its nature an E2E Business Flow is cross functional, cutting across organizational boundaries from an enterprise perspective.
Enterprise Elements	The Enterprise Elements (EE) is a configurable database-like product that is designed to allow the rapid construction of complex enterprise-ready systems that solve enterprise-class challenges, such as Enterprise Architecture, Systems Engineering Data Management, Acquisition Process Management, Knowledge Management and many others.
Enterprise Information Environment	As part of the DoD Global Information Grid (GIG), the Enterprise Information Environment (EIE) is one of the four Mission Areas and is overseen by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Network and Information Integration (ASD (NII)). The EIE includes any system, equipment, software, or service that meets one or more of the following criteria; Transmits information to, receives information from, routes information among, or interchanges information among other equipment, software, and services, Provides retention, organization, discovery, visualization, information assurance, disposition of data, information, or knowledge received from or transmitted to other equipment, software, and services, Processes data or information for use by other equipment, software, or services.
Enterprise Integration	This organization is led by the Defense Enterprise Integration Executive (DEIE), and is responsible for supporting the integration of enterprise-level business capabilities such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, and how they should be implemented across complex organizational boundaries such as the Department of Defense (DoD) to support the joint warfighter. Specifically, this office will ensure that best practices are leveraged across DoD ERP implementation initiatives, will work to ensure rapid adoption of DoD-wide information and process standards as defined in the Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), and will work to eliminate any burdensome processes that hinder successful, rapid deployment of ERP capabilities within the components. Additionally, EI will work to promote the adoption of best practices for the implementation of ERP systems across the DoD Enterprise and the Services and Agencies, via collaborative engagement and participation in the acquisition process. Finally, EI will create operational awareness within the OSD community of the tactical impact of information, process, and data standards on service transformation efforts, and act as a conduit of communication and awareness regarding tactical deployment of DoD Business Enterprise Standards as defined in the BEA.
Enterprise Planning and Investment	Enterprise Planning and Investment (EP&I) is a unit of the DCMO which improves business operations by strengthening the synergies of the BEA, ETP and IM, which comprise the enterprise-wide framework that enables informed decision making and are built on the foundations of tiered accountability and federation.
Enterprise Sub-Service	An Enterprise Sub-Service is used in the SV-TV Bridge to describe the intersection between enterprise systems and Technical Services, and defines standard attributes.
Enterprise System	An Enterprise System is a system that has been identified as the standard across the DoD.
Enterprise Transition Plan	The Enterprise Transition Plan is designed to guide and track the business transformation of the DoD Business Mission Area. Includes activities associated with developing the plan and framework for moving from the "As Is" to the "To Be" using strategic plans, Business Capabilities, and architecture information. Key elements include the objectives, schedules, funding, and migration information for the systems and initiatives supporting DoD's Business Enterprise Priorities.
Enterprise-Level	Enterprise-Level, within the context of tiered accountability, refers to programs/solutions managed by OSD.
Entity	An Entity is the representation of a set of real or abstract things (people, objects, places, events, ideas, combination of things, etc.) that are recognized as the same type because they share the same characteristics and can participate in the same relationships.
Event-Trace Description	One of three models used to describe activity (operational activity). It traces actions in a scenario or sequence of events.
Evidence	Evidence is information that permits an auditor to reach conclusions through reasoning.
Expense	An Expense is an outflow or other consumption of assets and/or incurrence of liabilities, where the benefits from which do not extend beyond the present operating period.
Extended Format	The extension of the ISO 8601 basic format of a date and time representation that includes additional separators.
FEA BRM	The Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Business Reference Model (BRM) is a function-driven framework for describing the business operations of the Federal Government independent of the agencies that perform them. The BEA maps leaf-level Operational Activities to FEA BRM Sub-functions.
Faces	A term utilized in DoD assignment administrative actions that refers to individuals under consideration for assignment against a position (also known as a billet or space).
Family of Systems	A set or arrangement of independent systems that can be arranged or interconnected in various ways to provide different capabilities.
Fast-Pay Invoice	A method for paying invoices within 15 days of receipt of the invoice with a receiving report from the vendor to follow as soon as goods are received. All copies of the invoice must be marked as "Fast Pay", and, if the contract requires a receiving report, receiving report information is attached to the invoice and marked "No Receiving Report Prepared".
Federal Activities Inventory Reform	The Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-270), requires Federal agencies to prepare and submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), inventories of commercial activities performed by Federal employees. OMB Circular A-76, Performance of Commercial Activities, further requires agencies to submit inventories of their inherently governmental activities to OMB.
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act	The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA) is a public law that requires each Federal agency to implement and maintain financial management systems that comply with applicable accounting standards and systems requirements.
Federal Insurance Contributions Act	The Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax is a United States payroll (or employment) tax imposed by the federal government on both employees and employers to fund Social Security and Medicare - federal programs that provide benefits for retirees, the disabled, and children of deceased workers. Social Security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance; Medicare provides hospital insurance benefits. The amount that one pays in payroll taxes throughout one's working career is directly tied to the social security benefits annuity that one receives as a retiree. This has led some to claim that the payroll tax is not a tax because its collection is directly tied to a benefit.
Federated Architecture	Federated Architecture is an approach for enterprise architecture development, composed of a set of coherent but distinct entity architectures, with shared responsibilities across members of the federation. The members of the federation participate to produce an interoperable, effectively integrated enterprise architecture. The federation sets the overarching rules of the federated architecture, defining the policies, practices, and legislation to be followed as well as the interfederate procedures and processes, data interchanges, and interface standards to be observed by all members. Each federation member conforms to the Enterprise view and overarching rules of the federation in developing its architecture. Internal to themselves, each focuses on their separate mission and the architecture that supports that mission.
Final Cost Voucher	A form of payment request that is used when the vendor is authorized to bill for labor and materials, and must be approved by the receiving Service or Agency prior to entitlement.
Final Payment	A Final Payment is the last payment made to the contractor after completion of all contractor obligations under the terms of the contract.
Financial Visibility	Financial Visibility (FV) means having immediate access to accurate and reliable financial information (planning, programming, budgeting, accounting, and cost information) in support of financial accountability and efficient and effective decision-making throughout the Department in support of the missions of the warfighter.
Force Structure	Force Structure is position information depicted within the organizational structure, and related subdivisions of the Total Force.
Force Structure Update Information	Force Structure Update Information is the updated position information depicted within the organizational structure, and related subdivisions of the Total Force.
Foreign Key	A Foreign Key is an Attribute of an OV-7 Entity that is a primary key component in a related Entity.
Frocking	Frocking is the administrative authority from the Secretary of the Military Department concerned granting members selected for promotion and, if required, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, but not yet promoted, the right to wear the insignia and uniform and assume the title of the next higher grade.
Full Deployment Decision Review	A review conducted at the conclusion of IOC (for business systems) to ascertain readiness and to authorize deployment. FDDR is the business systems’ equivalent to the DoD Acquisition Full Rate Production Decision Review (FRPDR) milestone.
Full Operational Capability	Full Operational Capability is defined in JCS Pub 1-02 as "the full capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment or system of approved specific characteristics, and which is manned and operated by an adequately trained, equipped and supported military force or unit".
Full-Time Support	Members of the Reserve components or AC, NDST, and CIV personnel, assigned to organize; administer; instruct; recruit and train; maintain supplies, equipment, and aircraft; and perform other functions required on a daily basis in the execution of operational missions and readiness preparation as authorized in title 5, title 10, and title 32 (References (f), (d), and (e), respectively). Collectively, FTS personnel consist of five categories that are AGR, MTs, AC personnel, NDSTs, and CIV employees. (DoDI 1205.18)
Gateway	Used on an OV-6c, a Gateway flow object controls the divergence and convergence of multiple Sequence Flows.
Geospatial Feature	A Geospatial Feature is an abstraction of a real world phenomenon that physically places the phenomenon via an implicit or explicit reference to a specific location relative to the Earth.
Global Information Grid	The Global Information Grid is "the globally interconnected, end-to-end set of information capabilities, associated processes, and personnel for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating and managing information on demand to warfighters, policy makers, and support personnel. The GIG includes all owned and leased communications and computing systems and services, software (including applications), data, security services, and other associated services necessary to achieve Information Superiority. It also includes National Security Systems as defined in section 5142 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (reference (b)). The GIG supports all Department of Defense, National Security, and related Intelligence Community missions and functions (strategic, operational, tactical, and business), in war and in peace. The GIG provides capabilities from all operating locations (bases, posts, camps, stations, facilities, mobile platforms, and deployed sites). The GIG provides interfaces to coalition, allied, and non-DoD users and systems." (Source: DODD 8100.1).
Goal	"Goals are simply a clearer statement of the visions, specifying the accomplishments to be achieved if the vision is to become real." (Source: Strategic Planning in Nonprofit or For-Profit Organizations, by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD).
Goals	Goals are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on how goals, visions, objectives, and effects relate and bear on architectures.
Governance	Governance is "The process through which organizations make strategic decisions, determine whom they involve and demonstrate accountability for the results of their actions." (Source: Army Enterprise Integration Oversight Office - Reference Center).
Grant	A contractual relationship between a Federal awarding agency and a non-Federal entity (the grantee), in which the awarding agency agrees to transfer money or something of value to the grantee. The grantee agrees to use such resources in carrying out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by law. Neither party envisions substantial involvement by the awarding agency in carrying out the grant.
Group	A grouping of activities that does not affect the Sequence Flow. It can be used for documentation or analysis purposes. Groups may also be used to identify the activities of a distributed transaction that is shown across Pools.
High-Level Operational Concept Graphic	The high-level graphical/textual description of the operational concept.
Higher Authority	A level in the federal government command hierarchy higher than the level where an action is being executed.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus	The virus(es) associated with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (commonly referred to as "AIDS"). (DoDI 6485.01)
Human Resources Entitlements	Human Resources Entitlements are the legal obligation on the federal government to provide the means for a person to receive items of pay, allowance, and/or benefits.
Human Resources Management	The Human Resources Management (HRM) of the Department of Defense (DoD) is a DoD Core Business Mission (CBM). HRM encompasses the complete life cycle of human resources functions and spans the operational spectrum of mobilized/demobilized, combat/combat support, benefits and morale support. HRM encompasses all activities that support DoD personnel and family members, throughout their careers and beyond, and that enable effective management of DoD personnel assets. It also includes providing trained, healthy and ready personnel to combat and combat support organizations and ensuring timely and accurate access to all applicable compensation and benefits for all DoD personnel. The objective of the HRM CBM is to provide accurate human resources information: numbers, competencies (occupations, skills, education and training), reception accounting, individual readiness, patient accountability and status reporting, individuals’ unit and location, and assigned duty within organizations. This mission includes ensuring timely and accurate compensation and benefits for DoD personnel and their families and ensuring that Combatant Commanders have access to the timely and accurate data on personnel and their skill sets. HRM is comprised of 14 lines of business. They focus on the processes required to acquire, train, manage, pay and provide benefits to the military and civilian personnel in the DoD, as well as support family members, veterans, retirees, volunteers and contractors.
ICOM Arrow	Used on an OV-5, an ICOM Arrow represents the Input, Control, Output, or Mechanism that defines information relationships in an Activity Model. - Input: Information received from another Operational Activity, either internal or external to the model, which is needed for the given Operational Activity to be carried out. - Control: Information that affects the way an activity is performed or that constrains that activity. Primary sources are policies, regulations, and laws. BEP initiatives are also reflected as controls to emphasize the impact on a specific activity of those business transformation concepts. In the BEA, there are two types of Controls: External and Internal. External Controls are decomposed from the LRP Parent. Internal Controls are Initiatives that are created as outputs from other operational activities within the BEA OV-5 Activity Model. - Output: Information that has been transformed or created by the Operational Activity and is sent to another internal Operational Activity or to an external activity (one outside the scope of the model/viewpoint). - Mechanism: Resource used to perform the activity. Mechanisms will be CBMs and those Systems or Initiatives defined by the BEP Executives.
IDEF0 Model	An IDEF0 Model is a graphic description of a system or subject that is developed for a specific purpose and from a selected viewpoint. A set of one or more IDEF0 diagrams that depict the functions of a system or subject area with graphics, text, and glossary.
IDEF1X Categorization	An IDEF1X Categorization is a type of relationship that defines the scheme that distinguishes among related subtype Entities. It defines what the scheme is, not how, where, or when the scheme is used or who uses it. If a categorization value is known, it will be used to differentiate between subtypes.
ITMA Number	An ITMA Number is the unique ID of an Initiative in the Information Technology Management Application (ITMA).
Implementing Agency	The Implementing Agency (IA) is a Department of Defense Component authorized to respond to Letters of Request by preparing and executing cases in the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Trust Fund.
Information Exchange	Listed in the OV-3, an Information Exchange shows the information exchanged between two Operational Nodes. A corresponding leaf level Activity Input or Output ICOM is associated to the Information Exchange with the same name, definition, CBM stakeholder, and BEP stakeholder.
Information Support Plan	A requirement for all Acquisition Category (ACAT) programs that connect in any way to the communications and information infrastructure including both Information Technology (IT) and National Security System (NSS) programs. The ISP is used by program authorities to document IT and NSS needs, objectives, and interface requirements in sufficient detail to enable testing and verification of requirements. The ISP also contains interface descriptions, infrastructure and support requirements, standards profiles, measures of performance, and interoperability shortfalls. The ISP is summarized in the Acquisition Strategy and reviewed at Milestones B and C.
Information System	The term ''information system'' means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information. (USC 3505 Title 44)
Information Technology	The development, implementation, and maintenance of computer hardware and software systems to organize and communicate information electronically.
Information Technology System	Set of information resources organized for the collection, storage, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, disposition, display, or transmission of information. Any Acquisition Category (ACAT) system that meets these criteria, anything categorized as a NSS or a Mission Assurance Category (MAC) level is, by definition, considered an IT system.
Information and Data	Information and Data is a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on representations (descriptions) of things of interest and necessary for the conduct of activities.
Initial Capabilities Document	A requirement for all Acquisition Category (ACAT) programs that connect in any way to the communications and information infrastructure including both Information Technology (IT) and National Security System (NSS) programs. The ISP is used by program authorities to document IT and NSS needs, objectives, and interface requirements in sufficient detail to enable testing and verification of requirements. The ISP also contains interface descriptions, infrastructure and support requirements, standards profiles, measures of performance, and interoperability shortfalls. The ISP is summarized in the Acquisition Strategy and reviewed at Milestones B and C.
Initial Operational Capability	Defined in JCS Pub 1-02 as "the first attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment or system of approved specific characteristics, and which is manned and operated by an adequately trained, equipped and supported military force or unit." IOC is defined slightly differently by each military department but with comparable meaning.
Initiate	To Initiate is to get going by taking the first step.
Initiative	An Initiative is a construct for the management of resources. "All IT/NSS [IT/ National Security Systems] resources must be managed in accordance with appropriations guidance and applicable expense and investment criteria. All resources will be reported within initiatives. Initiatives can be systems, programs, projects, organizations, activities or family of systems." (Source: FMR Volume 2B, Chapter 18, June 2004.) Within DCMO, especially when used in the context of systems and initiatives, the term initiative refers to non-system programs or activities focused on policy changes, data standards, or other business practice changes.
Integrated Dictionary	An architectural data repository with definitions of all terms used throughout the architectural data and presentations.
Integrity	Protection against unauthorized modification or destruction of information; an Information Exchange characteristic.
Interservice	Interservice describes interactions that occur between uniformed services. (Paraphrased from DoDI 1304.25, Para. 6.8)
Interservice Transfer	An HRM administrative personnel transfer action between services such as a transfer from the Army to the Marine Corps.
Intra-agency Order	A specific type of intragovernmental order in which the order is between two components within the same agency, e.g. Deputy Chief Management Office (DCMO) and Army Material Command within DoD.
Intragovernmental	Intragovernmental transactions are transactions and/or balances that result from business activities conducted by two different Federal Government entities.
Intragovernmental Order	An order placed by an agency or one of its components with another Federal government agency or component.
Intraservice	Describes interactions that occur between individuals or entities within a single uniformed service. (paraphrased from DoDI 1304.25, Para. 6.8)
Intraservice Transfer	An HRM administrative action such as a transfer from a Regular component to the Reserves, transfer between Reserve Categories (e.g., Ready Reserve, Standby Reserve, Retired Reserve), or a transfer from a Regular component to the National Guard.
Investment Management	(1) IT investment management is a process for linking IT investment decisions to an organization’s strategic objectives and business plans. Generally, it includes structures (including decision-making bodies known as IRBs), processes for developing information on investments (such as costs and benefits), and practices to inform management decisions (such as investment alignment with an enterprise architecture). The federal approach to IT investment management is based on establishing systematic processes for selecting, controlling, and evaluating investments. (2) Investment Management provides leadership in investment management for DoD Enterprise-level business systems, coordinates the efforts of the DoD 5000 series as it pertains to business systems, and provides Business Transformation Agency input for the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).
Investment Review Board	Each Certification Authority is required to establish and charter an IRB to provide investment review of its business systems. Each IRB will assess modernization investments relative to their impact on end-to-end business process improvements that support Warfighter needs. IRB membership includes representatives from the Components, combatant Commands, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Item Unique Identifier	Item Unique IDentification (IUID) is a system of marking items delivered to the DoD with unique item identifiers, encoded in machine-readable symbologies and distinguishing an item from all other like and unlike items.
JCIDS Process	Policy and procedures that support the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Requirements Oversight Council in identifying, assessing, and prioritizing joint military capability needs. (CJCSI 3170.01E)
Joint Capability Areas	Joint Capability Area (JCA) - Collections of like DOD activities functionally grouped to support capability analysis, strategy development, investment decision making, capability portfolio management, and capabilities-based force development and operational planning.
Joint Contingency Contracting System	Joint Contingency Contracting System (JCCS) is a real time contract data repository and reporting tool for reconstruction contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The goals of the system include 1) allow the posting of Iraqi and Afghani reconstruction solicitations, 2) the functionality to review vendor past performance, 3) provide a web-based location for vendors to submit proposals, 4) track all historical reconstruction data, 5) allow oversight of in-theatre contracts to monitor cost, schedule, performance, and vendor activities, and 6) track spend analysis for strategic sourcing and staffing.
Joint Enterprise Military Pay	This encompasses the integrated FM and HRM business rules, information standards and other enterprise level specifications required to ensure DoD wide consistent pay computation, deductions, disbursement, accounting and related reporting functionality.
Joint Environment	Any DoD Service, agency, component, activity, operation, project, organization or other military environment where any member belongs to a different military Service than other members.
Joint Publication	A publication containing joint doctrine that is prepared under the direction and authority of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and applies to all US military forces. Also called JP.
Joint Travel Regulation	Regulations, issued under authority of the General Services Administration (41 CFR 300-304), the Department of State, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), United States Code (Title 10 and Title 5), Executive Orders, GSA Commuted Rate Schedule, and DoD directives and instructions; and The U.S. General Accounting Office, that pertain to per diem, travel and transportation allowances, relocation allowances, and certain other allowances of DoD civilian employees and civilians who travel using DoD funding.
Judge Advocate General	The legal branch or occupational specialty of any of the US Armed Forces including the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Officers serving as Judge Advocate Generals are typically called JAGs.
Key Performance Parameter	Those attributes or characteristics of a system that are considered critical or essential to the development of an effective military capability and those attributes that make a significant contribution to the key characteristics as defined in the Joint Operations Concepts. KPPs are validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) for JROC Interest documents, and by the DOD component for Joint Integration or Independent documents. Capability development and capability production document KPPs are included verbatim in the acquisition program baseline. (CJCSI 3170.01E)
LRP Source	The LRP Source is the unique identifier of a law, regulation or policy in the LRP Repository (DOORS) database.
Latest System Review Date	Date of system or initiative certification by DCMO (Comptroller or IRB).
Legacy System	An existing system that is designated for closure when the capability is absorbed by an interim or core system or if the capability is no longer required. No modifications or enhancements are made to legacy systems.
Letter of Authorization	The Letter of Authorization (LOA) is a Government document authorizing a person to proceed to designated locations within the specified Area of Responsibility (AOR) for a designated deployment period under a specified contract or Government mission. Further, the LOA authorizes the contractor to receive specific government furnished services (GFS).
Level of Assurance	In the context of an Information Exchange Integrity attribute, the degree of confidence that the information has not been altered by an unauthorized subject.
Level of Effort	In the context of an Information Exchange Availability attribute, the resources that must be committed to ensure that the information can be accessed.
Line Item	A Line Item is a single line entry on a reporting form that indicates a quantity of property having the same description and condition code from any one contract at any one reporting location.
Line of Duty	A Member's status while in an authorized duty status and exhibiting behaviors that would not be considered grossly negligent or characterized as misconduct. (paraphrased from DoDI 1241.2, Encl. 2, Para. E2.1.7 )
Loan Guarantee	Any guarantee, insurance, or other pledge with respect to the payment of all or a part of the principal or interest on any debt obligation of a nonfederal borrower to a nonfederal lender. It does not, however, include the insurance of deposits, shares, or other withdrawable accounts in financial institutions. When a pre-1992 loan guarantee is modified it becomes subject to credit reform accounting. The guarantee liability is transferred from the liquidating account to the financing account. A one-time adjusting payment is made from the liquidating account to the financing account. Subsequent cash flows shall be recorded directly to the financing account. When a loan guarantee is in default, the defaulted loan claim of the nonfederal lender is paid from the financing account.
Locations	Locations are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on all forms of locations including points, lines, areas, volumes, regions, installations, facilities, and addresses including electronic addresses (e.g., Uniform Resource Locators [URL]) and physical (e.g., postal.).
Logical Data Model	The documentation of the data requirements and structural business process (activity) rules. In DoDAF V1.5, this was the OV-7.
Major Automated Information System	A MAIS is an Automated Information System (AIS) program that is Designated by the OSD(NII) as a MAIS or Estimated to require program costs in any single year in excess of $32 million or total program costs in excess of $126 million (both in FY 2000 constant dollars). MAIS does not include IT that involves equipment that is an integral part of a weapons system or is an acquisition services program.
Major Defense Acquisition Program	"Estimated by the USD(AT&L) to require an eventual total expenditure for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) of more than $365 million in fiscal year (FY) 2000 constant dollars or, for procurement, of more than $2.190 billion in FY 2000 constant dollars." (Source: DoDI 5000.2, May 12, 2003)
Managing Component	Name of Military Service, Defense Agency, or Defense Field Activity that receives and manages funding.
Manpower Document	A document depicting DoD position related information such as manpower requirements, authorizations, and contract equivalents, including time-phased wartime requirements.
Manpower Programming	The process of compiling and projecting future manpower requirements; documenting these requirements; integrating them into the overall planning, programming, and budgeting process; and translating them into a form that provides a basis for personnel procurement, training, and assignment. (DODI 1120.11)
Master Product Hazard Data	Authoritative DoD product information that is used in the management of hazardous materials and is maintained in the master product hazard data (MPHD) data warehouse.
Materiel	All items (including ships, tanks, self-propelled weapons, aircraft, etc., and related spares, repair parts, and support equipment, but excluding real property, installations, and utilities) necessary to equip, operate, maintain, and support military activities without distinction as to its application for administrative or combat purposes.
Materiel Visibility	Materiel Visibility (MV) is defined as the ability to locate and account for materiel assets and their condition throughout their lifecycle and provide transaction and management visibility across logistics systems in support of the joint warfighting mission.
Measures	Measures are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on all form of measures (metrics) applicable to architectures including needs satisfaction measures, performance measures, interoperability measures, organizational measures, and resource measures.
Message Flow	A Message Flow shows the flow of messages between two entities that are prepared to send and receive them. Two separate Pools in the Diagram will represent the two business entities. [OV-6c].
Migration Date	The date of FOC for the final set of functions or final set of users migrating to the target system in a production environment.
Migration End Date	The date a legacy system is scheduled to finish its migration to the Target System.
Migration Start Date	The date a legacy system is scheduled to begin its migration to the Target System.
Milestone	A milestone is a significant event. For business transformation, these are events tracked to monitor progress towards or achievement of improved business capabilities. In the acquisition sense, a milestone is "The point at which a recommendation is made and approval sought regarding starting or continuing an acquisition program" (Source: DAU Glossary)
Military Service	The term "Military Service," as used herein, refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, or the Marine Corps. "Source: DODD 5160.65 April 14, 2004."
Mission	The DoD task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the actions to be taken and the reason therefore.
Mission Assurance Category	Applicable to DoD information systems, the mission assurance category reflects the importance of information relative to the achievement of DoD goals and objectives, particularly the warfighters' combat mission. Mission assurance categories are primarily used to determine the requirements for availability and integrity.
NDAA Category	The NDAA defines three transition categories as follows: 1. New - New systems expected to be needed to complete the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture 2. Legacy - Defense business systems as of December 2, 2002 (known as "legacy" systems), that will not be part of the objective DoD Business Enterprise Architecture 3. Modify - Defense business legacy systems that will be a part of the objective Defense business system by making modifications to those systems to ensure that they comply with the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture. Unknown - DoD business legacy systems for which a transition strategy has not been determined (Category of Unknown not defined in the NDAA).
National Defense Authorization Act for FY05	With the National Defense Authorization Act of 2005 (NDAA), Congress provided the Department a mandated governance structure to provide oversight and direction of Defense business systems developmental activities.
National Security System	Any telecommunications or information system operated by the United States Government, the function, operation, or use of which: (a) involves intelligence activities; (b) involves cryptologic activities related to national security; (c) involves command and control of military forces; (d) involves equipment that is an integral part of a weapon or weapon system; or (e) is critical to the direct fulfillment of military or intelligence missions and does not include a system that is to be used for routine administrative and business applications (including payroll, finance, logistics, and personnel management applications).
Need Line	Shown on an OV-2, a Need Line documents the requirement to exchange information between Operational Nodes. Arrows on Need Lines indicate the direction of the information flow. Each arrow only indicates that there is a need for some kind of information transfer between the two connected nodes, not how the information transfer is implemented.
Network-centricity (or Net-centricity)	Net-centricity is a robust, globally interconnected network environment (including infrastructure, systems, processes and people) in which data are shared in a timely and seamless manner among users, applications and platforms. Net-centricity enables substantially improved military situational awareness and significantly shortened decision-making cycles. (CJCSI 3170.01E).
Node Tree Only	Node Tree Only - Refers to Activities which appear in the OV-5a only, not in the OV-5b. These activities are touch points for architecture alignment with the BEA, for Investment Management purposes, and may related to other DoDAF artifacts within the BEA.
Non-Direct Cost Voucher	A form of payment request that is used when the vendor is authorized to bill for labor and materials, and must be approved by the DCAA auditor prior to entitlement.
Non-Force Structure	Defense-related entities not defined or counted within the numbers, size, and composition of the units that comprise US defense forces; e.g., divisions, ships, air wings.
Non-repudiation	In the context of an Information Exchange Integrity attribute, the requirement for proof of sender/origin and/or proof of receipt.
North American Industry Classication System	The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy.
Nunn-McCurdy Unit Cost	A "Nunn-McCurdy" unit cost breach occurs when a Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) experiences an increase of at least 15% in Program Acquisition Unit Cost (PAUC) or Average Procurement Unit Cost (APUC) above the unit costs in the Acquisition Program Baseline.
Objective Value	The desired operational goal associated with a performance attribute, beyond which any gain in utility does not warrant additional expenditure. The objective value is an operationally significant increment above the threshold. An objective value may be the same as the threshold when an operationally significant increment above the threshold is not significant or useful. (CJCSI 3170.01E)
Objectives	A "clearer statement of the specific activities required to achieve the goals, starting from the current status." (Source: Strategic Planning (in Nonprofit or For-Profit Organizations), by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD).
Obligating Document	Per Title 31 of the United States Code (U.S.C.), Section 1501, which states: Sec. 1501. Documentary evidence requirement for Government obligations (a) An amount shall be recorded as an obligation of the United States Government only when supported by documentary evidence of– (1) a binding agreement between an agency and another person (including an agency) that is– (A) in writing, in a way and form, and for a purpose authorized by law; and (B) executed before the end of the period of availability for obligation of the appropriation or fund used for specific goods to be delivered, real property to be bought or leased, or work or service to be provided; (2) a loan agreement showing the amount and terms of repayment; (3) an order required by law to be placed with an agency; (4) an order issued under a law authorizing purchases without advertising– (A) when necessary because of a public exigency; (B) for perishable subsistence supplies; or (C) within specific monetary limits; (5) a grant or subsidy payable– (A) from appropriations made for payment of, or contributions to, amounts required to be paid in specific amounts fixed by law or under formulas prescribed by law; (B) under an agreement authorized by law; or (C) under plans approved consistent with and authorized by law; (6) a liability that may result from pending litigation; (7) employment or services or persons or expenses of travel under law; (8) services provided by public utilities; or (9) other legal liability of the Government against an available appropriation or fund.
OmniClass	The OmniClass Construction Classification System (known as OmniClass or OCCS) is a classification system for the construction industry. OmniClass is useful for many applications, from organizing library materials, product literature, and project information, to providing a classification structure for electronic databases. It incorporates other extant systems currently in use as the basis of many of its Tables MasterFormat for work results, UniFormat for elements, and EPIC (Electronic Product Information Cooperation) for structuring products.
Ontology	Data categorization schemes, thesauruses, vocabularies, key-word lists, and taxonomies. Ontologies promote semantic and syntactic understanding of data.
Operational Activity	An activity is an action performed in conducting the business of an enterprise. It is a general term that does not imply a placement in a hierarchy (e.g., it could be a process or a task as defined in other documents and it could be at any level of the hierarchy of the Operational Activity Model). It is used to portray operational actions not hardware/software system functions. (DoDAF)
Operational Activity Decomposition Tree	The capabilities and activities (operational activities) organized in a hierarchal structure.
Operational Activity Model	The context of capabilities and activities (operational activities) and their relationships among activities, inputs, and outputs; Additional data can show cost, performers, or other pertinent information.
Operational Activity to Services Traceability Matrix	A mapping of services (activities) back to operational activities (activities).
Operational Activity to Systems Function Traceability Matrix	A mapping of system functions (activities) back to operational activities (activities).
Operational Activity to Systems Traceability Matrix	A mapping of systems back to capabilities or operational activities (activities).
Operational Node	Shown in an OV-2, an Operational Node describes what type of mission or role will be performed within an organizational unit. It is a job performed within an organizational unit.
Operational Resource Flow Description	A description of the Resource Flows exchanged between operational activities.
Operational Resource Flow Matrix	A description of the resources exchanged and the relevant attributes of the exchanges.
Operational Rules Model	One of three models used to describe activity (operational activity). It identifies business rules that constrain operations.
Operational Viewpoint	The Operational Viewpoint (OV) captures the organizations, tasks, or activities performed, and information that must be exchanged between them to accomplish DoD missions. It conveys the types of information exchanged, the frequency of exchange, which tasks and activities are supported by the information exchanges, and the nature of information exchanges.
Organizational Relationships Chart	The organizational context, role or other relationships among organizations.
Over Target Baseline	Total allocated budget that exceeds the contract budget base.
Overview and Summary Information	Describes a Project's Visions, Goals, Objectives, Plans, Activities, Events, Conditions, Measures, Effects (Outcomes), and produced objects.
Participant	A Participant is a single business entity or a business role, which controls or is responsible for a business process. A Pool represents a Participant in the Process.
Performance Based Payment Request	A form of contract financing that is based upon certain specified performance criterion being accomplished by the vendor (i.e., milestones).
Performance Measurement	"Performance Measurement is a means of assessing progress against stated goals and objectives in a way that is unbiased and quantifiable. It brings with it an emphasis on objectivity, fairness, consistency, and responsiveness. At the same time, it functions as a reliable indicator of an organization’s long-term health. Its impact on an organization can be both immediate and far-reaching." (Source: OSD Comptroller iCenter - web presence).
Performer	Any entity - human, automated, or any aggregation of human and/or automated - that performs an activity and provides a capability.
Performers	Performers are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on things that perform activities such as service performers, systems, personnel, and organizations.
Permanent Change of Station	The assignment, detail, or transfer of an employee, member, or unit to a different PDS under a competent travel order that does not specify the duty as temporary, provide for further assignment to a new PDS, or direct return to the old PDS. (JFTR, Appendix A, Reference b)
Permissible Exposure Limit	The permissible exposure limit (PEL or OSHA PEL) is a legal limit in the United States for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance or physical agent.
Personnel Visibility	Personnel Visibility (PV) is the fusion of accurate human resources (HR) information and secure, interoperable technology within the HRM Business Mission. PV is defined as having reliable information that provides visibility of military Service members, civilian employees, military retirees, contractors (in theater), and other U.S. personnel, across the full spectrum-during peacetime and war, through mobilization and demobilization, for deployment and redeployment, while assigned in a theater of operation or at home base, and into retirement. This includes ensuring timely and accurate access to compensation and benefits for DoD personnel and their families and ensuring that Combatant Commanders have access to the timely and accurate data on personnel and their skill sets.
Physical Data Model	The physical implementation format of the Logical Data Model entities, e.g., message formats, file structures, physical schema. In DoDAF V1.5, this was the SV-11.
Plan to Stock	Plan to Stock encompasses all business functions necessary to plan, procure, produce, inventory, and stock materials used both in operations and maintenance (O&M) as well as for sale.
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution Process	The Department of Defense’s cyclic process for determining requirements and allocating resources (CJCSI 8501.01A)
Portfolio Management	Management of IT investments using integrated strategic planning, integrated architectures, measures of performance, risk management techniques, transition plans, and portfolio investment strategies. The core activities associated with portfolio management are analysis, selection, control, and evaluation. Decisions on IT investments are based on compliance with the BEA, mission area goals, risk tolerance levels, potential returns, and performance.
Prepayments	A Prepayment is a payment made by a Federal entity to cover certain periodic expenses before those expenses are incurred.
Primary Key	The Primary Key is an Attribute, or set of Attributes, that uniquely identifies an instance of an OV-7 Entity.
Principal Staff Assistants	The Under Secretaries of Defense, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, the Assistant Secretaries of Defense, the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, the Comptroller of the Department of Defense, the Assistants to the Secretary of Defense, and the OSD Directors or equivalents who report directly to the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Defense. (Source: DoDD 5100.81, Department of Defense Support Activities (DSAs))
Procurement Instrument Identification Number	The concatenation of four PDS data elements, (Enterprise Identifier + Year + Type Code + Serialized Identifier), that together uniquely identify a procurement instrument throughout DoD.
Product Hazard Data	Product information defined by the DoD to be used for the management of hazardous materials.
Program Baseline	A program baseline establishes a foundation of projected costs, schedules, and performance expectations for Enterprise-level systems and initiatives. This baseline is used to; Monitor execution of transition efforts relative to established plans, Evaluate the alignment of transition efforts, Examine program interdependencies, and Assess impacts of the transition efforts. It reflects decisions about investments and documents accomplishments. The program baseline works integrally with the Enterprise Transition Plan to provide Department stakeholders with the necessary information to guide and track their transformation efforts.
Program Director	The manager responsible for the implementation of a System or Initiative.
Program Level	The level at which a target system and its Business Capabilities will be implemented or managed. DCMO program levels are Enterprise or Component.
Program Manager	A military or civilian official who is responsible for managing, through integrated product teams (IPTs), an acquisition program. (Source: Navy Strategic Sourcing Reference Library - Strategic Sourcing Terminology)
Program-enabled	The implementation of architecture-guided, capability-driven systems and initiatives.
Program/Budget Framework	The Program/Budget (P/B) Framework provides a foundation for a new program and budget data structure utilizing a common language that enables senior level DoD decision makers to weigh options versus resource constraints across a spectrum of challenges. The P/B Framework consists of a number of related data transparency initiatives that span across all portions of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process.
Progress Payment Request	A payment request that is made based on the cost incurred by the contractor as work progresses under the contract (cost accumulation). When authorized in the contract, payments can be made for 80% or more of the accumulated costs on certain items.
Project	Project are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on all forms of planned activities that are responsive to visions, goals, and objectives that aim to change the state of some situation.
Project Portfolio Relationships	It describes the dependency relationships between the organizations and projects and the organizational structures needed to manage a portfolio of projects.
Project Timelines	A timeline perspective on programs or projects, with the key milestones and interdependencies.
Project Viewpoint	The Project Viewpoint (PV) captures how programs are grouped in organizational terms as a coherent portfolio of acquisition programs. It provides a way of describing the organizational relationships between multiple acquisition programs, each of which are responsible for delivering individual systems or capabilities.
Project to Capability Mapping	A mapping of programs and projects to capabilities to show how the specific projects and program elements help to achieve a capability.
Public	In the context of an Information Exchange Confidentiality characteristic, information that has been reviewed and approved for release under DoDD 5230.9 and DoDI 5230.2
Published Interface	Shown on a SvcV-1, a Published Interface represents the Service Resource Flow, visible to everyone, between Service - Service Consumer.
Real Property Accountability	Real Property Accountability (RPA) provides the warfighter and Core Business Missions (CBM) access to near-real time secure, accurate and reliable information on real property assets and environment, safety and occupational health sustainability.
Real World Phenomenon	Real world phenomenon is something that can be observed or sensed physically.
Record	A Record is any item, collection, or grouping of information about an entity that is maintained by an agency.
Recovering Service Member	A member of the Armed Forces including a member of the National Guard or a Reserve, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy and is in an outpatient status while recovering from a serious injury or illness related to the member's military service.
Reduction in Force	The release of DoD personnel due to the elimination of a position or its modification so that it no longer satisfies related statutory criteria. Such elimination or modification may occur as a result of administrative actions such as reorganization, curtailment of work, a determination that a position no longer satisfies the required criteria, lack of funds, or the withdrawal of the position's authorization by DoD or OPM.
Reimbursable	A Reimbursable is an expenditure made for another agency, fund, or appropriation, or for a private individual, firm, or corporation, which subsequently will be recovered.
Relationship	An association between two entities or between instances of the same entity.
Reserve Component	The Armed Forces of the United States Reserve Component consists of: a. the Army National Guard of the United States; b. the Army Reserve; c. the Navy Reserve; d. the Marine Corps Reserve; e. the Air National Guard of the United States; f. the Air Force Reserve; and g. the Coast Guard Reserve. Also called RC. See also component; reserve.
Resource	Data, Information, Performers, Materiel, or Personnel Types that are produced or consumed.
Resource Description Framework	RDF is a standard model for data interchange on the Web. RDF has features that facilitate data merging even if the underlying schemas differ, and it specifically supports the evolution of schemas over time without requiring all the data consumers to be changed. RDF extends the linking structure of the Web to use URIs to name the relationship between things as well as the two ends of the link (this is usually referred to as a “triple”). Using this simple model, it allows structured and semi-structured data to be mixed, exposed, and shared across different applications. This linking structure forms a directed, labeled graph, where the edges represent the named link between two resources, represented by the graph nodes. This graph view is the easiest possible mental model for RDF and is often used in easy-to-understand visual explanations.
Resource Flows	Resource Flows are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on the interaction between Activities (which are performed by Performers) that is both temporal and results in the flow or exchange of objects such as information, data, materiel, and performers.
Risk	Risk is a measure of the potential inability to achieve overall program objectives within defined cost, schedule, and technical constraints and has two components: (1) the probability/ likelihood of failing to achieve a particular outcome, and (2) the consequences/impacts of failing to achieve that outcome. (Source: Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition, Fifth Edition (Version 2.0), June 2003)
Risk Management	Risk management is the act or practice of dealing with risk. It includes planning for risk, assessing (identifying and analyzing) risk areas, developing risk-handling options, monitoring risks to determine how risks have changed, and documenting the overall risk management program. (Source: Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition, Fifth Edition (Version 2.0), June 2003)
Role Name	A name assigned to a foreign key attribute to represent the use of the foreign key in the entity.
Rules	Rules are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on how rules, standards, agreements, constraints, and regulations and are relevant to architectures. The following should be noted about the Rules Data Group: 1. A Rule constrains Activities. 2. Security classification, security marking, releasability, etc. are types of Guidance. Similarly; a Rule is a stronger form of Guidance. 3. An important Constraint type is a Service Policy that constrains access to capability Performers. 4. Doctrine, by definition, constrains military action.
Sensitive	In the context of an Information Exchange Confidentiality characteristic, information the loss, misuse, or unauthorized access to or modification of which could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of Federal programs, or the privacy to which individuals are entitled under The Privacy Act, but which has not been specifically authorized under criteria established by Executive order or an Act of Congress to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy Includes information in routine DoD payroll, finance, logistics, and personnel management systems.
Sequence Flow	A Sequence Flow is an arrow that shows the order that Process Steps will be performed in a process.
Service	The means by which the needs of a consumer are brought together with the capabilities of a provider.
Service Consumer	Shown on a SvcV-1, a Service Consumer represents a collection of users, systems, organizations that consume the services.
Service Interface	Shown on a SvcV-1, a Service Interface represents the Service Resource Flow, not visible to public, between Service - Service or Service - System Entity.
Service Provider	Shown on a SvcV-1, a Service Provider represents a collection of Services and/or System Entity(s).
Services	Services are a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on business and software services, what they do for what effects, by what measures and rules, how they are described for discovery and use, and how and where they can be accomplished.
Services Context Description	The identification of services, service items, and their interconnections.
Services Event-Trace Description	One of three models used to describe service functionality. It identifies service-specific refinements of critical sequences of events described in the Operational Viewpoint.
Services Evolution Description	The planned incremental steps toward migrating a suite of services to a more efficient suite or toward evolving current services to a future implementation.
Services Functionality Description	The functions performed by services and the service data flows among service functions (activities).
Services Measures Matrix	The measures (metrics) of Services Model elements for the appropriate time frame(s).
Services Resource Flow Description	A description of Resource Flows exchanged between services.
Services Resource Flow Matrix	It provides details of service Resource Flow elements being exchanged between services and the attributes of that exchange.
Services Rules Model	One of three models used to describe service functionality. It identifies constraints that are imposed on systems functionality due to some aspect of system design or implementation.
Services State Transition Description	One of three models used to describe service functionality. It identifies responses of services to events.
Services Technology & Skills Forecast	The emerging technologies, software/hardware products, and skills that are expected to be available in a given set of time frames and that will affect future service development.
Services Viewpoint	The Services Viewpoint (SvcV) captures system, service, and interconnection functionality providing for, or supporting, operational activities. DoD processes include warfighting, business, intelligence, and infrastructure functions. The SvcV functions and service resources and components may be linked to the architectural data in the OV. These system functions and service resources support the operational activities and facilitate the exchange of information.
Services-Services Matrix	The relationships among services in a given Architectural Description. It can be designed to show relationships of interest, (e.g., service-type interfaces, planned vs. existing interfaces).
Special Interest Program	A program may be special interest based on one or more of the following factors: technological complexity; Congressional interest; a large commitment of resources; the program is critical to achievement of a capability or set of capabilities; or the program is a joint program. Exhibiting one or more of these characteristics, however, shall not automatically lead to a ‘special interest’ designation.
Standard	A Standard is an agreed upon means that establishes uniform engineering and technical requirements.
Standard Industrial Classification	Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system was replaced by the NAICS adopted in 1997.
Standard Viewpoint	The Standards Viewpoint (StdV) is the minimal set of rules governing the arrangement, interaction, and interdependence of system parts or elements. Its purpose is to ensure that a system satisfies a specified set of operational requirements. The StdV provides the technical systems implementation guidelines upon which engineering specifications are based, common building blocks established, and product lines developed. It includes a collection of the technical standards, implementation conventions, standards options, rules, and criteria that can be organized into profile(s) that govern systems and system or service elements in a given Architectural Description.
Standards Forecast	The description of emerging standards and potential impact on current solution elements, within a set of time frames.
Standards Profile	The listing of standards that apply to solution elements.
State Transition Description	One of three models used to describe operational activity (activity). It identifies business process (activity) responses to events (usually, very short activities).
Stove-pipe	An entity, i.e., a system, organization, process, etc., whose design does not support effective information sharing or leveraging of capabilities with other, related entities.
Strategic Management Plan	The DoD Strategic Management Plan (SMP) provides an executive overview of the Department's overall strategic planning and management framework for business systems. The SMP describes the integrated activities that comprise the Department's performance management system, which enables the Department's leadership to enhance productivity by focusing resources on the key levers that drive success.
Supply Chain Entitlements	The determination of what a vendor, or other party, is owed as a result of having provided material or services to the government, including but not limited to contracted goods or services, and miscellaneous payments.
System	Systems can be an information system, other than a national security system, operated by, for, or on behalf of the Department of Defense, including financial systems, mixed systems, financial data feeder systems, and information technology and information assurance infrastructure, used to support business activities, such as acquisition, financial management, logistics, strategic planning and budgeting, installations and environment, and human resources management.
System Data Exchange	Listed in the SV-6, a System Data Exchange represents data exchanges between System Functions and may include additional information assurance or performance attributes to characterize the exchange. The data in the system data exchange is represented using data entities and/or data elements within the DoDAF OV-7 architecture product.
System Entity	Shown on a SV-1, a System Entity represents computer systems, family of systems or systems of systems. A System Entity resides within a System Node and may contain one or more system functions.
System Function	A function that is performed by a system. Although commonly used to refer to the automation of activities, data transformation or information exchanges within an IT system, it also refers to the delivery of military capabilities.
System Interface	Shown on an SV-1, a System Interface represents the data exchange between System Entities.
System Node	Shown on an SV-1, a System Node represents the system capabilities that are required to support the business practices that are described in the Operational View.
System of Systems	A set or arrangement of independent systems that are related or connected to provide a given capability. The loss of any part of the system will degrade the performance or capabilities of the whole.
Systems Event-Trace Description	One of three models used to describe system functionality. It identifies system-specific refinements of critical sequences of events described in the Operational Viewpoint.
Systems Evolution Description	The planned incremental steps toward migrating a suite of systems to a more efficient suite, or toward evolving a current system to a future implementation.
Systems Functionality Description	The functions (activities) performed by systems and the system data flows among system functions (activities).
Systems Interface Description	The identification of systems, system items, and their interconnections.
Systems Measures Matrix	The measures (metrics) of Systems Model elements for the appropriate timeframe(s).
Systems Resource Flow Description	A description of Resource Flows exchanged between systems.
Systems Resource Flow Matrix	Provides details of system resource flow elements being exchanged between systems and the attributes of that exchange.
Systems Rules Model	One of three models used to describe system functionality. It identifies constraints that are imposed on systems functionality due to some aspect of system design or implementation.
Systems State Transition Description	One of three models used to describe system functionality. It identifies responses of systems to events.
Systems Technology & Skills Forecast	The emerging technologies, software/hardware products, and skills that are expected to be available in a given set of time frames and that will affect future system development.
Systems Viewpoint	Systems Viewpoint (SV) captures the information on supporting automated systems, interconnectivity, and other systems functionality in support of operating activities.
Systems-Services Matrix	The relationships among or between systems and services in a given Architectural Description.
Systems-Systems Matrix	The relationships among systems in a given Architectural Description. It can be designed to show relationships of interest, (e.g., system-type interfaces, planned vs. existing interfaces).
TRICARE	A tri-Service managed care program that provides all healthcare for DoD beneficiaries within a DoD geographical region. The program utilizes capitation budget management. It integrates MTF direct care and CHAMPUS civilian provider resources by forming partnerships with military medical personnel and civilian contractors. (DoD 6015.1-M)
Target System	The system(s) solution targeted to assume some or all of the migrating systems’ functionality to achieve a specific Business Capability or set of capabilities.
Target System Acronym	The acronym of the target system as listed in the DITPR. If the system is not listed in the DITPR, then the acronym from another authoritative source is used.
Target System Name	The full name of the Target System as listed in the DITPR. If the Target System is not listed in the DITPR, then the name from another authoritative source is used.
Technical Service	Listed in the TV-1 with its constituent standards, a Technical Service represents a technical capability designed to support an Enterprise Sub-Service.
Technical Service Standard	A Technical Service Standard is an agreed upon means that establishes uniform engineering and technical requirements to implement all or part of a Technical Service.
Technology Service Area	Shown in the TV-1, a Technology Service Area groups similar Technical Services together for increased organization and comprehension. There may be one or more Technical Services in a Technology Service Area. The current TV-1 takes its highest-level structure from the DoD Enterprise Architecture Technical Reference Model (EA TRM). It contains four Technology Service Areas, drawn from the Core Service Areas of the DoD EA TRM.
Term	Used in the BEA or ETP, a Term is a word or group of words designating a selected concept.
Termination Date	The date a system is scheduled to be terminated (synonymous with Retirement Date or Sunset Date).
Three-Way Match	A three-way match may be performed while calculating the adjustment to an account payable for a vendor, or other party owed by the government, by comparing the obligating document, receipt/acceptance, and payment request.
Tiered Accountability	Tiered Accountability is an approach to business transformation that is based on dividing the planning and management of programs and initiatives between Enterprise and Component levels.
Timeliness	In the context of an Information Exchange Availability attribute, the requirement for information to be accessible within a certain time period.
Toxic Release Inventory	The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available database containing information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities in the United States.
Toxic Substance Control Act	The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the United States Congress in 1976, that regulates the introduction of new or already existing chemicals.
Training/Skill/Education	Training/Skill/Education is a DoDAF Meta-Model Data Group used to capture architecture content on definitions, descriptions, and the promulgation of training requirements, skills sets required for specific capabilities and operations, and the formal education required.
Transactions	A Transaction is an exchange of goods or services between entities, as well as other events having an economic impact on the business.
Transformation	(See Business Transformation)
Transformation Priorities and Requirements	Transformation Priorities and Requirements (TP&R) is a unit of the DCMO which ensures that DoD's supply chain business requirements, capability gaps and emerging business needs are clearly and accurately defined, prioritized, documented, and communicated to key DoD stakeholders; including WSSLM, MSSM and RP&ILM.
Transition	The act of carrying out business transformation - moving from one state to another.
Transition Plan	The FY05 NDAA establishes requirements for a transition plan describing; The acquisition strategy for new systems that are expected to be needed to complete the defense Business Enterprise Architecture, A listing of the Defense business systems as of December 2, 2002 (known as legacy systems) that will not be part of the objective defense Business Enterprise Architecture, together with the strategy for terminating those legacy systems that provides for reducing the use of those legacy systems in phases, A listing of the legacy systems (referred to in subparagraph (B)) that will be a part of the objective Defense business systems, together with a strategy for making the modifications to those systems that will be needed to ensure that such systems comply with the defense Business Enterprise Architecture. Each of the strategies shall include specific time-phased milestones, performance metrics, and a statement of financial and non-financial resource needs. (Source: FY05 NDAA).
Transition Type	Non-system - Policy Change - Process/Organizational Improvement - Outsourcing System - Modification or re-use of an existing system - Modification or use of an existing procurement - New Initiative
Two-Way Match	A two-way match may be performed while calculating the adjustment to an account payable for a vendor, or other party owed by the government, by comparing the obligating document and payment request, or the obligating document and receipt.
Uniformed Service	The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service, and Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (DoDI 1215.07)
Unique Identification	Data fields that uniquely identify weapon systems, materiel, real property, and other assets.
Using Component	Names of Military Services, Defense Agencies, or Defense Field Activities that are users of the target system.
Vendor	An entity, usually an organization, that can be either profit or non-profit, governmental or non-governmental, or an individual that may purchase or sell goods or services to or from a government organization. This includes federal and non-federal entities, contractors, suppliers, trading partners and foreign governments.
Vision	The overall vision for transformational endeavors, which provides a strategic context for the capabilities described and a high-level scope.
pH Scale	The pH scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14. A pH of 7 is neutral. A pH less than 7 is acidic. A pH greater than 7 is basic.