Enterprise Architecture Documentation

This “Rwanda Digital Government Strategy and Governance” document describes at high level the architecture of the “Digital Government Platform” which seeks to establish a common integration and communication point for all GoR’s IT systems, setting integration and interoperability standards.

The “Rwanda Digital Government Strategy and Governance” proposes also a governance structure which should be implemented in order for GoR’s entities to comply with the standards set for integration with the “Digital Government Platform”.

In addition to the Governance Structure the following complementary documents have been developed to fully guide GoR’s entities in the selection and development of IT systems for ensuring proper alignment with business requirements, proper scoping, and compliance with interoperability standards and integration standards with the “Digital Government Platform”:

The “Blueprint Development Guidelines for the Government of Rwanda”: The purpose of these guidelines is to help public entities and GoR’s private partners to have a common understanding of Enterprise Architecture practice and to guide the systematic mapping of the institution’s IT landscape (Blueprint) in clear steps namely: the AS-IS situation, the To-Be situation, the Gap analysis and the Roadmap. The institution’s IT blueprint is a basic requirement for RISA’s approval and MINECOFIN’s funding for IT projects.

The “Government of Rwanda Enterprise Architecture Framework (RGEA)”: This document defines the core purpose and complete description of “Enterprise Architecture”. It outlines the boundaries, approach and notation that is used to model the enterprise architecture within Rwandan public entities

The “The Government of Rwanda Enterprise Architecture Standards”: It is expected that each Public Entity will document their own enterprise architecture based on the guidance provided in the “Blueprint development guidelines for the Government of Rwanda”. This document providesstandards that should be adhered to while documenting the different “Enterprise Architecture components”.

The “Rwanda Enterprise Architecture Principles”: The Enterprise Architecture Principles describe how RISA plans to design and deploy information systems across all government entities. The prime goal of Enterprise Architecture is to define standards through which IT implementation across government institutions become seamlessly aligned. The unified standards across all entities will serve to streamline and reduce the complexity of IT investment decisions.

In this regard, principles are used to:

1. Provide guidelines in solution designing, development, implementation, and support
2. Evaluation of suppliers and service delivery partners
3. Evaluation of products and services
4. Support evidence-based decision-making.
5. Help define functional requirements