Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and its first cousin Model Driven Development continue to make news in the industry. People now use MDA in a variety of ways. At one end of the real-world usage spectrum, we see instances of the complete generation of application code from UML models for embedded systems; at the other, companies are creating enterprise computation-independent models (CIMs) to provide visibility into business processes. The latter group is realizing significant benefits -- sometimes even before software development begins -- thanks to a better understanding of the business itself.

-- John Parodi, Guest Editor, Cutter Benchmark Review