Raytheon began an "architecture journey" several years ago to institutionalize architecture as a formal practice throughout the company. Corporate Engineering's senior leadership defined a vision to address a set of software, systems, and enterprise architecture needs across Raytheon's multiple business areas.

Since then, Raytheon has enhanced its architecture competencies through a variety of corporate initiatives including:

• Establishing a corporate Architecture Review Board (ARB)
• Establishing a company-wide, standardized architecting process
• Definition and deployment of an architecture training program
• Definition and deployment of an internal Raytheon Certified Architect Program (RCAP)
• Participation in external architect certification programs
• Development of reference architectures
• In-depth analyses of the latest architecture tools
• Establishing a corporately accessible architecture repository
• Establishing company-wide, architecture-centric Technical Interest Groups (TIGs)
• Collaborations with academic, industry and government organizations

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