Model-Driven Development Challenges and Solutions - Experiences with Domain-Specific Modelling in Industry

Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, Steven Kelly

2016

Abstract

Model-Driven Development is reported to succeed the best when modelling is based on domain-specific languages. Despite significant benefits MDD has not been applied as widely as expected. Costly definition of languages and related generators with tooling, their maintenance when the domain is not stable, challenges in scalability, and collaboration are some reasons that several studies mention. We believe these statements are justifiable but only when applying traditional programming tooling for modelling. Instead we show with data from practice that many of the challenges reported can be solved when using tools built for modelling in the first place.

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Tolvanen J. and Kelly S. (2016). Model-Driven Development Challenges and Solutions - Experiences with Domain-Specific Modelling in Industry . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: IndTrackMODELSWARD, (MODELSWARD 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-168-7, pages 711-719. DOI: 10.5220/0005833207110719


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@conference{indtrackmodelsward16,
author={Juha-Pekka Tolvanen and Steven Kelly},
title={Model-Driven Development Challenges and Solutions - Experiences with Domain-Specific Modelling in Industry},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: IndTrackMODELSWARD, (MODELSWARD 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={711-719},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005833207110719},
isbn={978-989-758-168-7},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: IndTrackMODELSWARD, (MODELSWARD 2016)
TI - Model-Driven Development Challenges and Solutions - Experiences with Domain-Specific Modelling in Industry
SN - 978-989-758-168-7
AU - Tolvanen J.
AU - Kelly S.
PY - 2016
SP - 711
EP - 719
DO - 10.5220/0005833207110719