GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE &

NATIONAL ICT MASTER PLAN 2014 - 2017

ARCHITECTURE & STANDARDS

OBJECTIVE

Why Architect ?

When You want to build your house ….

You go to an Architect first …Not to an engineer… not to a builder ..

Reason? Reason? You don’t want to make and break walls ..

You want the house to be more livable !

Same is the case with ICT Projects

How does Architecture help?

� Helps align different components of ICT• Technology Architecture to meet business

needs• Process Architecture to exploit technology• People Architecture to use technology & new

processes

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processes• Resource Architecture to use technology &

process in providing cost-effective services� Promotes interoperability� Ensures Scalability� Enables planning the degrees of security and

reliability� Insulates against disruptive changes in technology,

process and people

• Ability to create and maintain a common vision of the future shared across Government, driving continuous alignment

Benefits of Enterprise Architecture Benefits of Enterprise Architecture

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driving continuous alignment• Provides a shared language

to see, think, and talk about the government

ICT HOUSE OF VALUES

GOVERNMENT OF KENYA ENTERPRISE

ARCHITECTURE

� Integration Architecture

�Project management

�Governance�

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�Security�compliance

Methodology(Standards Life Cycle)

Output can be

Standards

Software

Tools

Prepare

Draft

Standards

Conduct

Public

Inquiry

Accept

Work

Area

Review &

Adopt

Standards

Publish

Standards

Output can also be

Policies

Guidelines

Specifications

Target Areas for Standard-settingNO DOMAINS SUB-DOMAIN

1. Infrastructure Networks

Data Center

Cloud computing

End user equipment

E-waste management

2. Information Security Application Security

Data Security

Email Security

H/w and Network SecurityH/w and Network Security

Physical Security

Bio metric

1. Disaster recovery plans/BCP

3. Application Systems Application/Software-

Messaging & Collaboration

Website

4. Information management Electronic Records management & Data Management

5. ICT HRM IT professionals

ICT capacity development and literacy

6. IT Governance Legal

IT service management

Projects & Portfolio Management

Architecture for SMART Government

•Online

Services

•Diversification

on Service

Channel

One Stop

Information

Integration

of

Government

Information

Systems

Shared

Infrastructure

What connects us together……

……is innovation and quality,

…..people and relationships

…..responsibility and trust…..responsibility and trust

….. The will to improve

THANK YOU

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