Model-Driven Development and Product Lines

Model-Driven Development and Product Lines: Synergies and Experiences
 

Model-driven software development (MDSD), system families and product lines are still new methods in software engineering. What can these new development methods do for you? What is the current status, and what experiences have others already made?

Internationally recognized experts presented and discussed the complete spectrum of model-driven software development and software product lines. They provided orientation guidelines for decision makers on a range of topics, including:

  • Impact on the organization’s IT of the introduction of MDSD and software product lines.
  • Advantages of the conversion or introduction.
  • Availably and maturity of the corresponding methods and tools.
  • Required organizational changes and management tasks.
  • Size of the necessary investment and the duration of the return on investment.

The presentations covered proven methods, approaches, tools and tool chains, along with real-world experience on the use of the technologies and the related organizational measures.

Ruediger Schilling Rüdiger Schilling, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Delta Software Technology reported on the opportunities and risks associated with the development of project-specific generators and led the discussion for the Management theme.

OBJEKTspektrum: The Experts' Opinion

Prior to the event, the German specialist magazine for software engineering and management OBJEKTspektrum asked some of the contributing experts for their assessments. The answers to the different aspects help with decisions on whether and how model-driven development methods and software system families should be introduced.

Read more in the “bit-fabrik” section on pages 80 to 87 of the July/August 2006 edition of OBJEKTspektrum.

“I can imagine that Model-Driven Development and Product Lines can bring a quantum leap in innovation similar to that we achieved for our platform-independent product development using Delta ADSplus and SCORE.“
Oswald Klackl
Software Engineering Manager, B+S Banksysteme

What, When and Where?

Model-Driven Development and Product Lines: Synergies and Experiences

19 - 20 October 2006 in Leipzig, Germany

The conference has been organized by the Institute for Industrial Software Techniques e.V. in cooperation with the Institute for Information Systems at the University of Leipzig. It was particularly aimed at the senior technical level and middle management from small to medium sized software development companies, as well as at the software development departments of larger organizations.

Note: The majority of the conference sessions was held in the German language.

Generators - More than a Necessary Evil?

Which opportunities deliver generators that are specifically tailor-made for particular projects? Which risks do you have to consider when developing generators? Get the information now. Download Rüdiger Schilling's presentation "Generators - More than a necessary evil?"

Generators - More than a necessary evil?

You will find further information on the conference programme on the conference Web site: http://www.software-families.org.

Note: The conference Web site and the presentation is currently only available in the German language.

Free Article on “Model-Driven Generator Development”

Would you like to learn more about this topic? Cord Giese and Rüdiger Schilling explain in their article “Model-Driven Generator Development” the requirements for the development and use of code generators. The concepts presented offer a practical approach for the automation of software development. Download this free article now – no registration required:

“Model-Driven Generator Development” - OBJEKTspektrum

Free Newsletter

Our regular newsletter delivers information on upcoming events, current projects, case studies, new product announcements and general news that we think will be of interest to you. Subscribe to our free newsletter today.

Further Information

If you would like to know more about how Delta can help you to improve the efficiency of your software development using automation, then please get in touch with us.