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Term    (2XOI)

Vision    (2XOJ)

Origin/Source for Inclusion of the Term    (2XOK)

A Practical Guide to Federal Enterprise Architecture Chief Information Officer Council Version 1.0 February 2001    (2XOL)

OMB Context Definition    (2XOM)

Reference/URL OMB Context Definition    (2XON)

Business Definition    (2XOO)

An object of imagination.    (2XOP)

Reviewer Comment: Issue: While this is true, it is of little value to a non-technical person trying to understand EA. A more meaningful definition is needed. Recommend the Business and Technical description be the same.    (2XOQ)

An EA Vision depicts a conceptualization of the future technical environment either graphically or by description in support of the organization's mission    (2XOR)

Reference/URL for Business Definition    (2XOS)

Meriam Webster Online Dictionary. Url: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=vision&x=15&y=15    (2XOT)

Technical Definition    (2XOU)

..Vision.. describes critical success factors for achieving the enterprise’s mission, including the resolution of key issues involving current performance of the mission. Vision Statements cover both business process aspects of the enterprise and IT aspects.    (2XOV)

Reviewer Comment: Issue: this is not a formal definition in the Guide. It also doesn't include visual representations (i.e., statement). While a vision may include CSFs it is not exclusively about CSFs. See VA's, DoD's GIG vision as examples. Also see Collins, James C. and Porras, Jerry I. (1996, September-October). Building Your Company’s Vision, Harvard Business Review, pp 65-77. Recommend adapting this description or not using it.    (2XOW)

Reference/URL Technical Definition    (2XOX)

A Practical Guide to Federal Enterprise Architecture Chief Information Officer Council Version 1.0 February 2001, pg 83    (2XOY)

Context Definition 1    (2XOZ)

VISION is a view of where the organization should be going in the long term future, i.e. 'What is our long-term direction?'    (2XP0)

Reference/URL Context Definition 1    (2XP1)

The Committed Enterprise: How to Make Vision and Values Work by Hugh Davidson. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.    (2XP2)

Context Definition 2    (2XP3)

Reference/URL for Context Definition 2    (2XP4)

Context Definition 3    (2XP5)

Reference/URL for Context Definition 3    (2XP6)

See Also Related Terms    (2XP7)