Domain-Specific Modeling
Is abstraction the key to computing?
Communications of the ACM
Where Is the Proof? - A Review of Experiences from Applying MDE in Industry
ECMDA-FA '08 Proceedings of the 4th European conference on Model Driven Architecture: Foundations and Applications
Worst Practices for Domain-Specific Modeling
IEEE Software
Empirical assessment of MDE in industry
Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering
Model-driven engineering practices in industry
Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering
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EAMDE was a 12 month research project, investigating how industry uses model-driven software development (MDSD). Using quantitative and qualitative research techniques, experiences were collected on the adoption and application of MDSD in 17 companies. The study highlighted examples of good and bad practice that lead to success or failure with MDSD. Some of these practices appear to have ramifications on the way that MDSD, and software modeling more generally, is taught within universities. This paper presents three of the key findings relevant to education: (1) A significant number of successful MDSD companies build their own modeling languages and generators, suggesting a re-orientation of education away from UML notation to fundamental modeling principles; (2) MDSD is generally taught top-down, whereas industry success is more likely when MDSD is applied bottom-up; (3) successful application of MDSD requires skills both in abstract modeling and compilers/optimization; however, these skills tend to be separated in standard CS curricula.