What is the Cartography Tool (CarTool©)?
The CarTool© is an Archi plugin (ArchiMate modelling tool) for providing a Cartography of solutions when using EIRA©.
The main purpose of the CarTool© is to be instrumental in creating and maintaining a Cartography of solutions using the EIRA© as its structure. It responds to key need of European Public Administrations and Member States for a tool with which they can model their solutions based on the EIRA©, and to implement their National Cartographies following the EIRA©’s structure.
The latest release of the CarTool© is the v6.1.0.
For what? You are working on the...
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Digital Public Services Portfolio Management Decision Support
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Digital Business Capacity Assessment and Building Decision Support
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Digital Transformation Roadmap Decision Support
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EU Funds Application Support for eGovernment and Digital Transformation
For whom? You are a...
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Business analyst
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Public Administration officer
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ICT manager
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Portfolio manager
in European and National Public Administrations working on the optimisation and standardisation of ICT solutions to improve interoperability, management, and the implementation of policies and projects.
CarTool©'s value proposition
Check CarTool©'s value proposition detailing how this quality assurance tool brings value to different use cases for support to Digital Public Services and target profiles.
Main characteristics of CarTool©
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ICT solution development: to design new solutions based on the EIRA© and its SATs, making use of existing, reusable solutions and proposed interoperability standards.
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New legislative proposals: to assess ICT implications of policy changes by searching related solutions in the solutions’ Cartography.
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Public procurement: to define tender specifications based on proposed standards, and use of specific building blocks.
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Portfolio management: to assist in managing and rationalising a solution portfolio, and comparing its solutions’ architectures.
Benefits of the CarTool©
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It is a free of charge plug-in designed to be used in the, also free of charge, open source, Archi® tool.
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It does not require special permissions or prerequisites for its installation.
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If offers first class support for the EIRA© and simplifies the EIRA©’s use in both the modelling of new solutions and the querying of existing ones.
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It promotes reuse by making suggestions based on what you are modelling.
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It enhances data quality by minimising manual work and ensuring consistency.
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It allows offline use and customisation so that you can tailor it to your working needs.
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It helps you stay up to date with the latest EIRA© version and Cartography updates.