CRET’s Enterprise Architecture methodology starts with documenting the organization's strategy and other necessary details such as where and how it operates. The process then cascades down to documenting discrete core competencies, business processes, and how the organization interacts with itself and with external parties such as customers, suppliers, and government / other entities.

CRET’s Enterprise Architecture involves the application of the DoDAF framework to create a current-state or future-state model describing a given organizational picture. The framework details the goals, organizations, infrastructure, roles, entities, and relationships that exist to perform a set of processes / activities. Frameworks will provide a taxonomy that clearly identifies what processes an organization performs and detailed information about how those processes are executed. The end product is a set of artifacts that describe in varying levels of detail exactly what and how an organization operates and what resources are required. These artifacts are often graphical or in a spreadsheet format.

CRET’s Enterprise Architecture Methodology produces a comprehensive inventory of the organizational goals and objectives, processes / activities, organizational role charts, technical inventories, system interface and network diagrams, and the explicit relationships between them.

Architecture developed by CRET is never a stagnant entity. It is an evolving, living framework that must change as the organization changes. On a regular basis, the current-state and future-state are redefined to account for the evolution of the architecture, changes in organizational vision, external factors such as changes in technology, customer/vendor/government requirements, laws and regulatory changes/ constraints, and upgrades / replacements to the IT infrastructure.

CRET Enterprise Architecture Methodology increases understanding, communication and collaboration. It enhances the quality, consistency and accuracy of an organization; it improves the efficiency and timeliness of executing all operational activities; it promotes interoperability and integration within an organization between its domains / functionals / units as well as externally. It enables leadership to make strategic, tactical and cost effective financial decisions (including systems investment decisions). Architecture also enables information search and retrieval by organizing the knowledge capital of all the stakeholders and participants across the enterprise.

CRET Architecture repositories act as a tool to manage the organization from many perspectives. It provides an organization an authoritative resource for its content by documenting the locations of information content and where it is applied. It provides different views that satisfy needs and requests from different levels and perspectives within an organization. Architecture allows leadership to manage the organization through better informed decisions and enables leadership awareness concerning the impact of changes upon an organization. It provides an organization with a communication vehicle that crosses barriers both vertically and horizontally. Analysis of architecture helps identify wastes and opportunities that can scope future process reengineering and IT investment activities.

CRET Architects are certified in both Proforma Provision and Telelogic System Architect tools.