Whilst the successful alignment of business strategy and IT
development is an important topic, there are still few ways that this is possible.
The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) shows promise as an approach but is
focussed firmly in the IT domain at the level of the Platform Independent and
Platform Specific Models. The Computation Independent Model (CIM) is
targetted at business users, but this paper argues that the complexity of the CIM
level disenfranchises them. The concept of a preCIM
level could provide much
richness to the MDA process and give the domain user greater ownership of the
IT development that supports their processes