News and Events
BTA Supports Warfighters in Exercise Bright Star
As part of its dedication to delivering business capabilities to the warfighter, the Business Transformation Agency (BTA) is helping U.S. Army Central (USARCENT) optimize business operations in both real time and exercise environments.... Full Article
Business Enterprise Architecture 6.2 Released – Enhanced Business Flows and Navigation
BTA Program Managers now have improved insight into Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA) through the newly realeased BEA Version 6.2..... Full Article
BTA’s Academic Engagement Initiative Launched
BTA launched “Academic Engagement Initiative” to expand learning, innovation and thought leadership by involving volunteers from across the BTA to serve as Academic Engagement liaisons/ambassadors who will engage academic institutions to build strategic partnerships at the BTA..... Full Article
BTA Recognized for the Evolution of its Business Enterprise Architecture
BTA's accomplishments in transforming the way the Department of Defense uses architecture have attracted considerable attention, thanks in part to the former Chief Architect, Deedee Akeo..... Full Article
BTA Launches Leadership and Innovation Seminar
DoD and other federal government executives came together recently to discuss what they need to make effective business information technology acquisition decisions.... Full Article
BTA Supports ARCENT Exercise Lucky Strike
Lucky Strike provided BTA an opportunity to fulfill an integral part of its charter – to bring the Business Mission Area (BMA) to the Warfighter Mission Area by delivering business capabilities to the deployed warfighter.... Full Article
BTA Visits USTRANSCOM; Builds Partnerships
“We’ve moved from an open roundtable to a focused agenda,” said Andy Haeuptle, Director of Warfighter Requirements (WR). “There’s a lot of involvement between BTA and USTRANSCOM.”..... Full Article
BCL Collaboration Center Adds milWiki, Enhances Capabilities
The Business Transformation Agency’s Business Capability Lifecycle Collaboration Center has a new tool designed to increase real-time interaction for its users. The Defense Knowledge Online’s (DKO) milWiki..... Full Article
Recent Updates
VIPS Draft RFP Available on FedBizOpps
BTA has recently released the draft RFP for the system development of the Virtual Interactive Processing System (VIPS). To access the draft RFP and accompanying documents, please follow this link and click on “additional documentation.”
Industry Day presentation slides
New focus on business operations across DoD
BTA Director David Fisher puts into context the roles of the CMO and DCMO and reviews six guiding principles to enable success in business transformation across DoD in a FederalTimes.com commentary.
David Fisher Interviewed on Federal News Radio
BTA Director David Fisher was the guest on "Fed Talk" on Federal News Radio Friday, December 19. Fisher spoke about the challenges, opportunities and guiding principles for Business Transformation at DoD.
Full Interview. (mp3 file is courtesy of Federal News Radio)
Agency seeks to streamline Defense business systems
"Hundreds of legacy business systems will be retired over the next few years, if one small Defense Department agency gets its way." - Gregg Carlstrom, FederalTimes.com
Defense lays groundwork for new management chief
While it will be up to President-elect Barack Obama to fill a congressionally mandated deputy chief management officer position at the Defense Department, the Pentagon already is making preparations for the new official's arrival.
Boosting Performance in Public-Sector IT: An Interview with BTA Director David Fisher
In a July 2008 article, published by The McKinsey Quarterly, the Department of Defense Business Transformation Agency Director David Fisher brings insight from his experience working in Silicon Valley to drive change in DoD’s business processes and information systems. Fisher provides an overview of DoD’s goals for transformation, reviews challenges in deploying technology and managing large-scale projects in support of transformation efforts, keeping people motivated, setting performance measures and lessons learned.
Strategic Management Plan Released
The U.S. Department of Defense, in response to Section 904 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, has released a Strategic Management Plan and Section 904 Implementation Plan.
Final Section 904 Implementation Plan
FY08 Strategic Management Plan
Training
The BTA training initiative serves to advance understanding of BTA’s programs through one-stop access to high quality e-learning products, tools, and resources.
BTA’s e-learning initiative currently offers the ACART v4.0 e-learning and tutorials on Standard Financial Information Structure (SFIS) and the Enterprise Transition Plan (ETP).
For more information, click here.
BTA Director's Video - Advancing Defense Business Transformation
BTA's Guiding Principles.
The Six S's of Success
Final Report on Defense Business Operations to the Congressional Defense Committees
BEA 6.2 Informational Release, Published October 2009
Business Capability Lifecycle (BCL)
