Model-based Enterprise Architecture for Institutional Management Digital Twins

NASA manages $40B in facility assets with an inventory of more than 5,000 facilities. Over 83% of this infrastructure is beyond its design life, and the agency faces a deferred maintenance backlog of $2.77B. An effective method to address this challenge and achieve digital transformation is through Enterprise Architecture (EA) and the use of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methods.nbsp;During Phase I, guided by stakeholders from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and headquarters, Global Technology Connection and Georgia Techrsquo;s Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory successfully demonstrated the feasibility and value of using the Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) to create a model of NASA enterprise. This interlinks NASArsquo;s missions, projects, facilities, capabilities, timelines and more using their connected attributes. Doing so enabled rapid, accurate, and more data-driven decision-making to guide and prioritize investments around NASA#39;s aging infrastructure. We identified pertinent use cases and demonstrated how our approach can lead to informed decisions for Institutional Construction of Facilities (I-CoF) projects.The objective of Phase II is to mature and implement the model-based enterprise architecture for institutional management digital twins (EA-MBSE) at GSFC leveraging UAF to enable decision-making with increased insight and velocity for I-CoF projects.Specifically, we will address three use cases which we have identified as the most pressing and the most beneficial for NASA stakeholders.Facilities prioritization for master planning of greenbelt facilitiesInstitutional CoF budget re-allocation and justificationMulti-facility energy conservation measure (ECM) projects prioritizationFor easy extraction and dissemination of these insights, we will generate user specific views with streamlined interactivity. A technology plan addressing technical amp; operational challenges will also be developed.