HUD's Enterprise Architecture (EA) Practice works collaboratively with business and technical subject-matter experts from throughout the Department to guide the development of information technology Blueprints.

Blueprints describe the future state of information technology at HUD. They are organized using
HUD's enterprise architecture model and reflect HUD's enterprise architecture principles (pdf).

Blueprints are developed to:

• translate strategic business drivers into a common vision for information technology.
• define core business functions and information requirements.
• describe crosscutting application functions that can be shared by information systems.
• specify standard system components including data, applications and platforms.

See a sample blueprint (pdf) and review a case study.

See a list of blueprints.

Benefits

• Simplifies IT investment decisions
• Accelerates system implementation
• Reduces system diversity