Drivers for Enterprise
Architecture

• Linkage and consistency with the EA efforts underway in the CIO Council

• Alignment with OFT's Strategic Plan

• Current infrastructure is difficult and expensive to support

• Complexity and fragmentation of the environment

• Costs to integrate, support and maintain

• Variety of platforms and designs increases complexity and reduces security

• Extended delivery time for services

• Integrate the EA into the daily business activities at OFT

• Responsiveness to customer needs