Practical Application Scenarios of Model-driven Development

Even though model-driven software development has turned to a mainstream topic, there is still uncertainty when it comes to selecting suitable concepts and tools for the practical (that means: commercial) usage:

• There is a large range of current MDD tools – which is the right one for a specific project?
• Which comparison criteria for MDD tools are essential for the practice?
• MDD tools mostly cover only a section of the development process – how do you best integrate them into a tool chain?

These are only some of the questions that were discussed at the Developers' Day in Oldenburg (Germany) on October 7th and 8th, hosted by the OFFIS Institute along with Delta.

IF-ModE Project Partners Presented Tool Catalogue

The Developers' Day was organised as part of the research project IF-ModE (Interoperability and Feature Tracing for Tool Chains in Model-driven Development). Within the project, information, techniques and practical application scenarios for the usage of MDD tools and tool chains are compiled into a comprehensive tool and criteria catalogue. The current results were presented and discussed at the Developers' Day.

Tool Chain from Real Practice: AMELIO Modernization Platform

At the Developers' Day, Delta presented a model-driven tool chain which has already proven its productivity in big projects: AMELIO Modernization Platform.

AMELIO provides the opportunity to completely automate mass changes of large IT applications. Each project that requires such mass changes is different. To achieve 100% automation, standardised tools have to be assembled with individual tools and corresponding governance processes into an integrated tool chain.

Cord Giese – responsible for research and development in the area of generative base technologies at Delta – gave a live presentation (in German language). He explained: How do AMELIO's tools work together? Which role does model data play within this process? Which questions have been important for customers, and how have they been answered for a specific project?

Developers' Day 07 – 08 October 2009 in Oldenburg

The Developers' Day was arranged by the OFFIS Institute and Delta subsequent to this year’s MSI workshop. It addressed software developers and architects. The Developers' Day focused on the rating and the practical usage of MDD tools. The practical evaluation should clarify the following crucial questions:

• Which application cases have to be supported by tools / tool chains to provide a genuine added value for you?
• For which application cases do you already use model-driven approaches?
• Which tool (chain) features are important to you / which would disqualify a tool immediately?

(from the MDSDPraxis homepage)

Model-driven Development in Practice: Be a Part of It!

For details of the event, please take a look at the Developers' Day flyer:

Developers' Day 07-08.10.2009: Practical Application Scenarios of Model-driven Development (German)  

Our presentation was held on October 7th in the afternoon. Participants from the academic world and representatives from the industry discussed practice-related questions concerning the usage of MDD tool chains, thereby sharing their experiences.

More details about the Developers' Day you will find at
http://www.mdsdpraxis.de

MSI Workshop: MDD, SOA and IT Management 2009

Directly preceding the Developers’ Day, the OFFIS Institute and the technical group “Software Architecture” of the “Gesellschaft für Informatik” were hosting the MSI Workshop “Model-driven Development, SOA and IT management”. The MSI Workshop presented research results from the area of modernising existing application systems in order to address new business challenges. The event focused on MDD, SOA and EA (Enterprise Architecture).

For details please refer to the MSI Workshop Flyer

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