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Executive Summary

2 "help" and 2 "support":

The DoDAF helps Department of Defense (DoD) managers at all levels make effective decisions by sharing information across the Department, Joint Capability Areas(JCAs), mission, components, and program.
The DoDAF helps the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) develop and maintain architecture required by the Clinger-Cohen Act.
The DoDAF supports guidance from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other Departmental directives and instructions.
The DoDAF supports DoD's core decision-making process.

DoD Components are expected to confirm to the DoDAF when they develop architectures within the Department.

The DoDAF allows architectural artifacts to be fit-for-purpose.

The DoDAF focus on architectural data rather than architectural artifacts.

Tools should use the DoDAF Meta Model (DM2) specifications to exchange architectural data.

Visualizing architectural data is accomplished through models.

The DoDAF specification comprises three normative volumes and one informative volume:

Volume 1，the manager's volume, explains the role of architecture within core DoD process, and key DoD architecture concepts are identified and defined in this Volume.
Volume 2，the architect's volume,
- defines architectural viewpoints and model
- specifies the DM2 at a logical level, as an elaboration of the key concepts identified and defined in Volume 1.
Volume 3，the developer's volume, discusses the ontologic foundation for DM2 and specifies the physical level format for the exchange of DoDAF-compliant architectural data.
Volume 4 publishes descriptions of other best practices, lessons learned, and reference documents that supplement the information contained in the three normative volumes of the DoDAF.

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