Model Driven Architecture: Applying MDA to Enterprise Computing

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Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a new methodologyf rom OMG that uses modeling languages like UML along with programming languages like Java to build software architectures
PriceWatersCoopers' prestigious Technology Center just predicted that MDA will be one of the most important methodologies in the next two years
Written by the lead architect of the specification who provides inside information on how MDA has worked in the real world
Describes MDA in detail and demonstrates how it can work with existing methodologies and technologies such as UML,MOF, CWM, and Web services

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Realistic and Practical Look into the Future.......2003-11-20

First off, if this book deserves 5 stars just as a recognition of the depth of the accomplishment (given the breadth of the undertaking) in getting it written, and written extremely well. In an industry where the most successful authors are hacks that put out paper thin salvos to ride whatever the new gauche rave is, this book represents the far opposite end of the spectrum. Clearly, the long history of CASE and modeling and code generation is well in hand as the author pushes through a detailed elaboration of where MDA stands and where it's going. And the news is balanced and delivered honestly, this is not a call to Kool Aid coming from a deluded cult leader. There are open issues, but the general direction of MDA is so overdue and important it's silly. [For a good means of achieving parallax on this issue, consider looking at Cheeseman and Daniels' excellent UML Components, which makes a strong argument for a level of indirection between logical and physical models. If MDA delivers no more than that in the short term, it will still be a huge contribution.]

The reversibility of those models and the degree to which synchronization and editing can be simultaneously supported is perhaps the key issue that remains. Unfortunately, it is something of a deep bind because there is no doubt that the dream of complete reversibility of code and model, which has been hyped a lot over the past 5 years, is a shallow dream (reducing the 'model' to a mere visualization), and yet the idea of not being able to touch what was generated has a similarly stultifying unappeal to it.

As the development world is becoming more polarized between those who would model solutions and the band of hackers who claim to be able to do anything with a scripting language and a database, MDA is a key focal point for the former that is long overdue. Way too much attention has been spent developing tools that make it easy to lay out user interfaces while very few places have achieved even a basic ability to keep a serious domain logical model in tact through a single version, let alone a number of generations. Hopefully the tremendous consensus that has crystallized around MDA is an indication that that balance will soon start to change.

A clear, pragmatic guide to applying MDA.......2003-07-23

I have had the pleasure of working with David Frankel for a number of years on Object Management Group efforts, so I expected a lot from this book. I wasn't disappointed.

Dave has written a clear, pragmatic guide to what MDA is and, more importantly, what really can (and cannot) be practically accomplished with MDA today. He unerringly focuses on the highest payoff areas for most projects, such as the generation of code from data models. He also brings his years of experience in developing enterprise systems to bear, clearly describing the specific issues involved in applying MDA in this difficult area.

The book gives a thorough presentation of the concepts behind MDA -- including the clearest discussion I have seen anywhere of OMG's Meta Object Facility, a perennial topic of confusion. Nevertheless, I don't really consider this a book on "MDA" as such. It is, indeed, a book on APPLYING MDA, as the title states.

If you are looking for a more theoretical presentation or a grand vision of how MDA will work someday, you may be disappointed. But if you are looking for techniques you can start applying the week after you finish the book, this is the book you want to be finishing.

I am currently Chief Architect at a company that is in the process of making the cultural and technical shift to model-driven development. I found this book so relevant to where we are and the next steps we need to take toward MDA, that I had the company buy copies for all our architects, plus a few extras to circulate among the developers. I even had my boss (the company president) read Part One, which provided just the right level of overview for him (plus Michael Guttman's forward, which is a fun read in itself).

If you are in a similar situation where you work, I couldn't suggest a better book as a helpful change agent. And if you simply want to know how to start applying MDA techniques for enterprise development, this is where to find out.

This is not a book for technologists..............2003-06-27

I read this book after reading MDA Explained by Anneke Kleppe and found it wandering into many areas but not deep enough in any one of them. While this book is a decent attempt to bring forth the impact of MDA in enterprise computing, a reader looking to understand "what" MDA is and "how it" works would be thoroughly disappointed. MDA Explained is a far more useful (and thinner) book that is not only more readable but also lucid in explanation.

Well Thoughtout, Wonderfully Written.......2003-03-18

This has got to be one of those books you will see on your computer shelf for years to come. Frankel has taken a seemingly complex topic, model driven architecture, and reduced it to straight-forward explanations written in an easy to understand style. His command of the topic is astounding (as were his contributions to MDA itself)! I highly recommend this book to enterprise architects, senior analysts and IT professional consultants.

A must for anyone interested in MDA.......2003-02-18

This is a seriously good book. If you're at all interested in MDA, get it! Not only does it provide a comprehensive introduction to MDA - with detailed but simple examples, not only does it set MDA squarely in its industry perspective, not only is Part I an excellent overview that stands by itself, not only does it put the discussion in the context of a typical scalable enterprise distributed architecture, not only only is it authoritative, but it's also easy to read!

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Using measured performance has become a favorite topic of seminars and articles in the trades and business press. This means how you view, develop and run your business - using all of the data available to do that - and how to model and to continuously reinvent that business to meet the needs of current customers and identify and capitalize on new profitable opportunities. Theoretically, every business should be concerned about this subject. But, in general, the idea of business models has become a matter of concern and interest for most companies beyond the level of small business - over $50 or $100 million in annual sales up through the Fortune 100.

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Beware of the first two reviews for this book.......2006-11-07

"John Goodman" and "John C. Trewolla" only have one review apiece, and it is for this book, and they are both from 'Kansas City' and they both give the book '5 stars' - evidently the author does know something about marketing ;)

The author is from Kansas City.

Demystifies Measurement Analytics.......2005-10-08

Data-Driven Business Models provides an extensive yet straightforward look into accountable marketing. It demystifies measurement analytics by breaking them down in clear and concise terms. This book is highly useful for business managers from all sectors who want more accountability of their marketing investments.

Immediately useful ideas!.......2005-09-16

I knew we needed to change our marketing strategy because the "same old same old" was just not working any more -- but this book showed me HOW to decide which changes were going to be profitable. It is readable, understandable and even occasionally entertaining and is consistently interesting. It's completely practical, too -- which means we can actually use the information it presents.

Model-Driven Design Using Business Patterns

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A pattern catalog for software analysts...

Model-Driven Design Using Business Patterns
Pavel Hruby
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Business applications are designed using profound knowledge about the business domain, such as domain objects, fundamental domain-related principles, and domain patterns. Nonetheless, the pattern community's ideas for software engineering have not impacted at the application level, they are still mostly used for technical problems.

This book takes exactly this step: it shows you how to apply the pattern ideas in business applications and presents more than 20 structural and behavioral business patterns that use the REA (resources, events, agents) pattern as a common backbone. If you are a developer working on business frameworks, you can use the patterns presented to derive the right abstractions (e.g., business objects) and to design and ensure that the meta-rules (e.g., process patterns) are followed by the developers of the actual applications. And if you are an application developer, you can use these patterns to design your business application, to ensure that it does not violate the domain rules, and to adapt the application to changing requirements without the need to change the overall architecture. As with patterns in general, this approach allows for both more flexible and more solid software architectures and hence better software quality.

"It's a great book, marvelous in breadth and depth. An impressive achievement. I particularly liked the modeling handbook examples." Bob Haugen, Business Technology Consultant and Contributor to REA standardization in ISO, UN/CEFACT and ebXML, UK

"I enjoyed reading it very much, it gave many new insights into REA and its applications." Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

"This book by Pavel Hruby is destined to become a landmark in business modeling. Pavel heralds the replacement of traditional workflow-oriented modeling with a new breed of approaches that focus on delivering change-resilient and highly reusable business models. I highly recommend this book to you!" Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, Canada

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A pattern catalog for software analysts..........2006-12-04

Design patterns, as general solutions to commonly occurring problems, were introduced in the software field by the landmark book by the so-called "Gang of Four" (Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides: "Design Patterns: Elements of reusable object-oriented software," Addison-Wesley, 1994. ISBN 0201633612 ). Even though design patterns were originally targeted at the design of object-oriented software systems, their use quickly spread to the analysis phase.

Pattern catalogs for analysts have been relatively successful because they provide extremely useful information for software analysts, novices and seasoned alike. Martin Fowler and David C. Hay were the first to produce pattern catalogs from the analyst's point of view. Both Fowler's analysis patterns, whose notation predates the now ubiquitous UML standard, and Hay's data model patterns, from a more database-oriented perspective, delved into different application domains and provided us with a rich repertoire of invaluable models for the analysis phase of software development projects. More recently, David Hay has updated and complemented his original work and the OMG-sponsored Model-Driven Architecture has also led to similar catalogues using the UML notation (see Arlow and Neudstat's "Enterprise Patterns and MDA").

Even though the relatively typical dull prose of pattern catalogs is in this case exacerbated by some typos (showing the lack of proper copy editing work I hope will be fixed in future printings of this book), this book is still noteworthy for two reasons:

- Plenty of modeling diagrams (almost one per page) cover almost every situation you can find when developing business applications,

- and they do so by relying on a simple conceptual model, the REA model, which is in itself an interesting approach for the design of business applications [...]

PS: Here are the complete references to other pattern catalogs you might find of interest...

- Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt: "Enterprise Patterns and MDA: Building better software with archetype patterns and UML," Pearson Education, 2003. ISBN 032111230X

- Martin Fowler: "Analysis Patterns: Reusable object models," Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN 0201895420

- David C. Hay: "Data Model Patterns: Conventions of Thought," Dorset House, 1995. ISBN 0932633293

- David C. Hay: "Data Model Patterns: A Metadata Map," Morgan Kaufmann, 2006. ISBN 0120887983

Failure event prediction using the Cox proportional hazard model driven by frequent failure signatures.: An article from: IIE Transactions

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Failure event prediction using the Cox proportional hazard model driven by frequent failure signatures.: An article from: IIE Transactions
Zhiguo Li , Shiyu Zhou , Suresh Choubey , and Crispian Sievenpiper
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Adults as Learners.......2005-09-03

This text was advertised as the newest edition, 2001, but when it arrived it was the 1981 version. I need to return it. How do I do that?

Acting on the Best in Adult Education.......2001-03-24

The summary description of this book is accurate, and I will not repeat it. The value of this book is in guiding those who wish to take action in the increasingly important field of adult education. As institutions of higher education develop plans to meet the increasing demand for adult learning, this book should be consulted, both to act on the best, and to avoid costly mistakes. I have known and worked with Bill Maehl over a number of years, and am strongly of the opinion that this is the best policy guide available for the innovative non-traditional educator. Only a person with his vast knowledge and experience could have produced a work that is this valuable.

Invaluable, seminal, informative resource........2000-05-09

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Lifelong Learning at its Best.......2000-04-15

Bill Maehl's Lifelong Learning at its Best:Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs is an outstanding resource for post-secondary educators, programmers, administrators, and policy-makers. Those who are interested in enabling our universities to respond fully and effectively to adults will find this book full of valuable information, insights, models, and recommendations. The book's content is timely, especially with the growing national and international interest in credit and degree programs offered at a distance.

The primary content for the book was collected through national interviews and visits to innovative adult learning programs conducted at a number of universities. The goal of the book is to stimulate new ideas and programs at the post-secondary level rather than simply to acknowledge and describe outstanding innovative programs. Thus, the reader will find not only successful models, such as an excellent chapter on competency-based degree education, but also recommendations for how to promote innovation and overcome resistance and barriers to change through thorough study of how others have overcome these barriers. The book's approach illuminates not only the outcomes of innovation but also the processes that produced the innovation. With a wealth of professional experience and personal perspective derived from his years as President of The Fielding Institute and as an innovative administrator at the University of Oklahoma, Maehl has provided an important resource for anyone interested in adapting post-secondary systems, structures, and programs to future learning needs.

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An Update Reference for Product Quality Development.......1999-06-05

I am a quality engineer in a world-wide leader manufacturing company. I use this book as one of my reference books in my daily work. In brief, this is a quick reference for me to tackle the normal technical problems that I may normally face to.

It is certain that, you need specific handbooks for specific topics in detail. However, I would suggest my friends who work in product development or quality related jobs to buy one.

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