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Centro de Investigación ProS
A Technological Framework
to support Model Driven
Method Engineering
Mario Cervera, Manoli Albert, Victoria Torres,
Vicente Pelechano, Javier Cano, Begoña Bonet

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Agenda
1. Context of the problem
2. Problem statement
3. Proposed solution
4. Current state of the work
5. Conclusions

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Context of the problem
 Method Engineering (ME)
 The engineering discipline to design, construct and adapt
methods, techniques and tools for the development of
Information Systems
(Brinkkemper, 1996)

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Problem statement
 Many theoretical proposals in ME
 Lack of software support
 Only one tool, MetaEdit+, has been commercialized
 Main reason: the high complexity of developing CAME1
environments as they must support:
 SPM2 specification
 CASE tool construction
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Computer Aided Method Engineering
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Software Production Method

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Proposed solution
 We advocate for the use of Model-Driven techniques
to tackle:
 SPM specification by means of models
 CASE tool construction by means of model transformations

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Proposed solution
 Methodological Framework to support the specification of SPMs
and the generation of the CASE tool support
 Being implemented in the context of Eclipse  Project

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Proposed solution

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Current state of the work
 Method Design
 SPM specification  EPF Composer editor
 Method fragment integration  Repository client

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Current state of the work
 Method Configuration
 Software asset association  Repository client

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Current state of the work
 Method Implementation
 A M2T Transformation takes the SPM model and generates a Product
Configuration File through which the CASE tool is obtained
 This tool is a MOSKitt reconfiguration that only contains the required
plugins to support the SPM
 Product Support
 Plugins enabling the manipulation of the SPM products
 Software assets associated to the SPM elements during
SPM the Method Configuration phase
Support
 Process Support
 Project Manager Component

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Current state of the work
 Project Manager Component

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Conclusions
 Lack of software support in the ME field
 Only one tool, MetaEdit+, has been commercialized
 We aim at providing an integrated CAME environment that
can be used in industrial projects
 High complexity of developing CAME environments
 We advocate for the use of MDD techniques
 SPM specifications  Models
 CASE tool construction  Model transformations

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 More information
 https://users.dsic.upv.es/~vtorres/moskitt4me/
 Contact: mcervera@pros.upv.es