| EA Classification Model |
An EA Classification Model is a set of classifications used to organise the elements of an enterprise architecture (EA). Several classification models exist within the GEA, including but not limited to the Business Portfolio Framework, the Information Portfolio Framework, the Application Portfolio Framework and the Technology Portfolio Framework. |
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EA (Enterprise Architecture) |
See Enterprise Architecture. |
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EA (Enterprise Agreement) |
See Enterprise Agreement. |
| EA Representations |
In relation to the GEA, the EA Representations are all of the components of the enterprise architecture that comprise the content (as opposed to the rules and structure) of the GEA. These include a collection of current and target enterprise architectures, and mechanisms/standards for achieving the target enterprise architecture. |
| Early Start |
The earliest time a task can begin. The time at which all the tasks' predecessors have been completed and its resources are planned to be available. |
| Earned Value |
Earned Value Management is a methodology used for determining project progress. It is based on the assessment of dollar value cost at predetermined points in the project. |
| e-Commerce |
Any business exchange or process conducted via computer-mediated networks. |
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eDRMS (Electronic Document Records Management Solution) |
See eDRMS. |
| Effort |
The amount of human resource time required to perform an activity. Measured in terms of person hours, person days. Not to be confused with duration e.g. 3 days of effort over a 5 day duration. |
| e-Government (Electronic Government) |
See Electronic Government. |
| Electronic Document Records Management Solution (eDRMS) |
As part of the Shared Service Initiative, the Document and Records Management project was established to select an electronic Document and Records Management Solution (eDRMS) for use by all Queensland Government agencies and shared service providers. The eDRMS consists of a standard system and set of business processes and activities for documents and records management. |
| Electronic Government (e-Government) |
Refers to the conduct of public sector processes, outputs and services through computer-mediated networks. |
| Electronic Procurement |
Electronic commerce for procurement, or e-Procurement, is the use of electronic technologies to streamline and enable the procurement activities of an organization. |
| Electronic Records |
Electronic records are records created, communicated and maintained by means of electronic equipment. |
| Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) |
The use of computer-mediated networks to provide additional channels for the provision of public services to households and industry. |
| Elements |
The term elements is used throughout the ICT Planning Methodology and, depending on the activity undertaken, refers to the essential components of each activity. For example in the Business Profile activity, the key elements of the Gather are the business elements (Vision, Goals, Objectives and Strategies) which are then used in the other activities, such as classification and mapping. |
| e-mail/email (Electronic mail) |
E-mail is used to send written messages between individuals or groups of individuals. |
| Employees |
Employees are defined as those engaged on a tenured, temporary, or seconded basis as defined by the Public Service Act 1996 and/or relevant agency legislation. Where contractors are engaged to provide services for, or on behalf of, the agency, contract conditions must clearly reflect the Government’s policy on this issue. Agencies must ensure that other persons, such as students, volunteers, work experience, or other external bodies authorised by the agency to use Government-owned ICT facilities and devices, are aware of and acknowledge the Government policy on the restrictions and consequences of misuse of these facilities and devices. |
| Enabling Changes |
Changes which are pre-requisites for making the business changes and/or are essential to bring the new system into effective operation. These often involve defining and agreeing new working practices, redesigning processes, changes to job roles and responsibilities, new incentive or performance management schemes, training in new business skills (as well as the more obvious training and education in the new system), etc. They can often be made, or have to be made, before the new business or system is introduced. |
| Encryption |
The process of cryptographically converting plain text electronic data into a form unintelligible to anyone except the intended recipient. |
| End Goal |
The ultimate objective of a program. |
| End-of-Life |
See "Anticipated End-of-Life" |
| End Project Report |
A report given by the Project Manager to the Project Board, which confirms the hand-over of all deliverables, provides an updated Project Business Case and an assessment of how well the project has done against its Project Initiation Document. |
| End Stage Assessment |
The review by the Project Board and Project Manager of the End Stage Report to decide whether to approve the next Stage Plan (unless the last stage has now been completed). According to the size and criticality of the project, the review may be formal or informal. The approval to proceed should be documented as an important management product. |
| End Stage Report |
A report given by the Project Manager to the Project Board at the end of each stage of the project. This provides information about the project performance during the stage and the project status at stage end. |
| End-User Licence Agreement (EULA) |
An agreement between the software owner and the software user as to the terms and conditions of the software’s use. |
| Enhance |
A Generic Asset Management Action for an asset based on its positioning in each of the ICT Asset Assessment grid models of the Queensland Government ICT Portfolio Assessment Methodology. This action would be considered for a star performer, which has high current and future business value combined with low costs and a good Technical Condition.
(See also "Asset Management Strategy") |
| Enhanced Service Delivery |
A dimension in the Future Business Value assessment in the Queensland Government ICT Portfolio Assessment Methodology, which measures the contribution that the asset is expected to make to the delivery of services to internal and external customers. For example, the asset may provide a level of self-service or enable new service channels to be offered.
(See also "ICT Portfolio Assessment Methodology") |
| Enhancement |
The work needed to increase an asset's service potential, which is regarded as capital expenditure. Enhancement extends an asset's useful life. |
| Enhancement Costs |
See "Development/Enhancement Costs" |
| Enterprise Architecture (EA) |
Enterprise architecture is the practice of applying a comprehensive and rigorous method for describing a current and future structure and behaviour for an organisation's processes, information, applications, technology and human resources, so that they align with the organisation's strategic direction. Although often associated strictly with information technology, it relates more broadly to the practice of business efficiency and effectiveness. |
| Enterprise Agreement (EA) |
A licensing agreement for large organisations that helps to standardise the IT assets, achieve volume discounts and simplify licence management. |
| Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) |
Applications used by large organisations to manage inventory, resources, and business processes across departments in the enterprise. |
| Entities |
The most easily identifiable Information Assets are those that relate to instances of entities or things (i.e., tangible items that the business must know about and for which different instances can be uniquely identified or distinguished from one another).
Not surprisingly the majority of domains within the Framework are related to information about entities:
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Infrastructures
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Parties
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Places
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Products
- Resources
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| Equipment Room |
A room dedicated to housing distributors and applications specific equipment. This room usually houses the Building distributor and may house the Campus Distributor. |
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ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) |
See Enterprise Resource Planning. |
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ESD (Electronic Service Delivery) |
See Electronic Service Delivery. |
| Estimate |
An assessment of the required duration, effort and/or cost to complete a task or project. Since estimates are not actuals, they should always be expressed with some indication of the degree of accuracy (also known as level of confidence). |
| Estimate to Completion |
The expected effort, cost and/or duration to complete a product, project or any part of a project. It may be made at any point in the product’s or project's life. |
| Estimated Replacement Cost |
See "Capital Value" |
| Estimating |
Refer to Bottom-up Estimating, Parametric Estimating, Top-down Estimating. |
| Estimating Criteria |
The assumptions, rules, techniques and processes employed by project staff in determining the effort and cost in completing plans in general and schedules in particular. |
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EULA (End-User Licence Agreement) |
See End-User Licence Agreement. |
| Event Based |
One of the Standard Information Chronometry types used to indicate the relevance of an Information Asset over time. When an Information Asset is exchanged on the basis of an agreed and valid set of changes. Each exchange will be a single item from within the overall series of events. This type of information is most often used when the consumer wishes to take action at their end in response to an event at the supplier (eg, the lifecycle of a licence - application, assessment, approval, issue).
(See also "Information Chronometry") |
| Evidence |
The records of a business transaction which can be shown to have been created in the normal course of business activity and which are inviolate and complete. |
| Exception |
A situation where it can be forecast that there will be a deviation beyond the tolerance levels agreed between Project Manager and Project Board (or between Project Board and Agency / Government or Program Management). |
| Exception Assessment |
This is a meeting of the Project Board to approve (or reject) an Exception Plan. |
| Exception Plan |
A plan which follows an Exception Report. For a Team Plan exception it covers the period from the present to the end of the Work Package; for a Stage Exception Plan it covers the period from the present to the end of the current stage. If the exception is at a project level, the Project Plan would be revised. |
| Exception Report |
A report which describes an exception, it provides options for the way forward and identifies a recommended option. It is given by the Project Manager to the Project Board. |
| Exchange |
Focuses on the concepts related to the exchange of content between parties. |
| Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) |
XML is a meta data language to enable the design of individual mark-up languages. |
| External Organization |
External organizations include other State Government, Federal Government and local government agencies, the private sector and the general public. |
| Extranet |
An Extranet is usually provided for partial access by authorised external users to an agency intranet via a valid username and password. |