of suppliers and in the design of local work processes; reduce risk by: avoiding or isolating custom-designed components to minimize the potential adverse consequences on the overall project; using fully tested pilots, simulations, or prototype implementations before going to production; establishing clear measures and accountability for project progress; and, securing substantial involvement and buy-in throughout the project from the program officials who will use the system; be implemented in phased, successive chunks as narrow in scope and brief in duration as practicable, each of which solves a specific part of an overall mission problem and delivers a measurable net benefit independent of future chunks; and, employ an acquisition strategy that appropriately allocates risk between government and contractor, effectively uses competition, ties contract payments to accomplishments, and takes maximum advantage of commercial technology. See also Department of Defense Architecture Framework Financial Management Standard Federal Enterprise Architecture Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 OMB Circular A-130 References External links Summary: Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 Acts of the 104th United States Congress United States federal government administration legislation Enterprise architecture United States Office of Management and Budget