Step C Guidance: Form the Core Team
Step C:
Form the Core Team
Version 1.5, December 2006
1. Step Description and Purpose
The Form the Core Team step is intended to get the right people to participate in the MBT process and
to ultimately help guide and shape the findings and recommendations captured in the Modernization
Blueprint. The Executive Sponsor solicits key resources from each of the affected organizations and
forms the core team that will remain as a standing body throughout the MBT process. This step
concludes with a Commitment Agreement that bonds the core team into active and constructive
participation throughout the MBT process.
U.S. Department of the Interior - Enterprise Architecture – December 2006
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Step C Guidance: Form the Core Team
2. Activities within this Step
The table below provides a quick reference for the activities within this step.
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Inputs (source)
Record of Decision for Business
Area to Blueprint (Step A)
Blueprint Purpose Statement
(Step B)
Record of Decision for Business
Area to Blueprint (Step A)
Blueprint Purpose Statement
(Step B)
MBT Training Materials (MBT
Toolkit)
Record of Decision for Business
Area to Blueprint (Step A)
Blueprint Purpose Statement (Step
B)
Outputs
Core Team Solicitation
Memorandum
Core Team Formation
Memorandum
None
Core Team Commitment
Agreement
Who
(role)
Executive Sponsor [R]
Business Area Leaders [C]
Executive Sponsor [R]
Executive Sponsor [C]
Core Team [I]
Enterprise Architect [R]
Executive Sponsor [C]
Core Team [R]
Enterprise Architect [Support]
Duration
(calendar days
for an average
project based on
past projects)
30 day
15 day
5 days
25 days
Complexity
Keys to Success:
Ensure that you have Core Team members that
are eager to participate in modernization planning.
A good Core Team is more important than quickly
completing this Step.
U.S. Department of the Interior - Enterprise Arc