What is Model Driven Architecture? Real Benefits of systems Development Organisations?
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Technological innovations and increased consumer needs have led to the expansion of computing infrastructure in every dimension. Fundamentally, the new platforms and applications need to interoperate with existing systems for them to be economically viable. The increased use of the internet in organizations pose new integration challenges given that virtual enterprises are increasing and they need to meet different organizational needs (OMG 2000). Nevertheless, new implementation platforms continue to be a challenge as they fail to deliver to the consumer expectations. According to the OMG (2000), people who architect computer systems such as those used in financial institutions and battleships face challenges in the choice of technology to use. The nature of investment involved require maximizing on flexibility by buying hardware products that use open interconnection standards such as Ethernet and USB. Also, developers use open interface standards such as CORBA® (Poole 2001). In line with this, OMG (2000) suggests that as computers and information systems become better and affordable, there is a need for evolving interconnection standards. In this light, OMG developed the MDA to ensure that important systems are based on standards that will facilitate the adoption of new hardware abilities and software platforms that are accepted by the business community. According to Cephas Consulting Corp (2006), MDA has facilitated the development of new specifications that has streamlined the process of software integration. Additionally, the use of the UML modeling domain provides the solutions to monitor intellectual property in the new technology in a neutral way.
The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a product of the Object Management Group (OMG) that was adopted in 2001 as an approach to using models in software development. The initial goals of using the MDA were to achieve portability, interoperability, and reusability (Bettin 2003). Fundamentally, OMG is focused on addressing the challenges faced today in given the highly networked and dynamic system environment. Although the model driven software development approach is not a modern ideology, the MDA has pushed the model-driven technique to the modern market of software development. The MDA has received significant support from major industry participants such as IBM, EDS, and Unisys, as well as other small companies that have specialized in the development of MDA tools (Cephas Consulting Corp 2006; Bettin 2003). The MDA by OMG provides the complete requirements of designing, deploying, integrating, and managing software. Additionally, open standards are used to enable the integration of what is already in place with products that are being produced today or in the future (OMG 2000). The OMG (2000) alludes that the open standard adoption process has revolutionized the software industry. Fundamentally, the MDA is built on acceptable OMG standards that comprise Unified Modeling Languageâ„¢ (UMLâ„¢), XML Metadata Interchange (XMIâ„¢), and CORBAâ„¢...