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New White Paper from Agilex Technologies Highlights More Actionable Approach to Enterprise Architecture

‘Integrated Requirements Design’ is a Flexible Framework that Uses Business Objectives to Drive System Development

Agilex Technologies, Inc., an enterprise application, solution and advisory firm, serving the national security, healthcare and public sectors , today released a new White Paper addressing the Integrated Requirements Design (IRD) methodology. The report – Integrated Requirements Design: A Field-Tested Architectural Process for Aligning Complex IT Systems with Critical Business Objectives – was written by Dr. Wendell Ocasio, M.D., Agilex’ chief medical officer, who is one of the developers of IRD. It can be downloaded by visiting www.Agilex.com.

IRD is an extensible framework that brings together key elements of enterprise architecture, business process modeling and software requirements analysis to streamline the development of complex enterprise systems. It establishes the necessary linkages between different layers of the architecture and the overarching descriptions defining the project. This ensures that business requirements drive software development, as it allows the created artifacts to provide a more actionable blueprint for acquiring, developing and implementing the system as designed.

“Too often, the perfect solution is designed to solve the wrong problem as a poor, upfront understanding of the business requirements leads architects to create systems that fail to solve the organization’s real challenges,” said Ocasio. “Using common notation, IRD provides a framework for assessing system requirements more effectively. It also ensures that these parameters are embedded into every aspect of the acquisition, development and implementation process.”

IRD builds upon industry‐standard notation, methodologies and artifacts, including Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and Unified Modeling Language (UML). It also takes advantage of a model first defined as the CBDI Forum Service Architecture & Engineering meta‐model for SOA. As the primary output of the IRD process, the Requirements Design Package (RDP) provides a common reference point for all stakeholders to work collaboratively on the solution’s development.

In addition to being a Harvard-trained, board-certified surgeon, Dr. Ocasio is a highly-experienced enterprise architect, active in both the government and healthcare domains. During his service in the United States Air Force, Dr. Ocasio served as the Military Health System’s Chief Architect for ALTHA, which is the world’s largest, globally deployed electronic health record (HER) system. Subsequently, he served on behalf of Northrop Grumman as the lead architect for the development of one of four architectural prototypes of the U.S. Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). In this capacity, he designed the prototype’s federated architecture approach using service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles, and an HL7 RIM-based canonical data model. Within Agilex, he supports all of the company’s healthcare engagements, including the development of the open-source CONNECT gateway for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Federal Health Architecture (FHA) initiative.

Agilex is a leader in enterprise architecture (EA), working closely with government agencies and healthcare providers to implement more open, flexible and efficient IT systems. Our architects have deep experience in all facets of the discipline – enterprise, segment and solution architecture – and are highly skilled in both the tools and methodologies used to communicate and implement a long-term technical vision.

The report – Integrated Requirements Design: A Field-Tested Architectural Process for Aligning Complex IT Systems with Critical Business Objectives – can be downloaded by visiting www.Agilex.com.

About Agilex Technologies, Inc.

Agilex is an employee-owned provider of mission and technology solutions to the national security, healthcare and public sectors. Realize the Value of Information® is our corporate mantra as we help clients unlock the value of information while reducing the cost to manage it. Our notable professionals include former federal CIOs, multiple patent holders, and architects for some of the U.S. government's most critical IT systems.

Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, Agilex has delivered significant results for an impressive list of clients throughout federal, state and local government, and within global 2000 corporations. The company was recognized by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) as the organization's 2010 Hottest Emerging Government Contractor for the Washington, DC metropolitan region. Agilex is also a member of the Healthcare Informatics 100 (HCI 100), which ranks the nation's top 100 health IT vendors by revenue.

For more information, go to www.Agilex.com or call 1-888-3AGILEX.

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