Title: The Single Army Financial Enterprise

Authors: Thomas R. Gulledge, Edward Tom

Addresses: George Mason University, Virginia, USA; Enterprise Integration, Inc., 5971 Kingstowne Village, Parkway, Suite 110, Alexandria, VA 22315, USA. ' IDS Scheer, Inc., 1055 Westlakes Drive, Suite 100, Berwyn, PA 19312, USA

Abstract: The US Army is a complex organisation. Financial integration and full auditability have remained objectives for years. This paper presents an architecture-driven approach for achieving financial integration as the Army is implementing new business solutions in many areas. We describe the solution architecture, and we show how the architecture can be used to support decisions across the Army. We analyse multiple solution architectures and make recommendations for helping the Army achieve implementation success in multiple areas. The major contribution of this paper is the delineation of an approach that can deliver Army Enterprise Integration across all relevant business processes.

Keywords: enterprise integration; enterprise solution architecture; financial management; Architecture of Integrated Information Systems; ARIS; US Army; USA; United States; financial integration.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEF.2008.017537

International Journal of Electronic Finance, 2008 Vol.2 No.2, pp.129 - 161

Published online: 16 Mar 2008 *

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