The State of Practice in Model-Driven Engineering

• Published in: IEEE software Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 79 - 85
• Main Authors: Whittle, Jon, Hutchinson, John, Rouncefield, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamitos, CA IEEE 01.05.2014; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Companies; Computer architecture; Computer programs; Computer science; control theory; systems; Developers; DSL; Exact sciences and technology; Industries; Interviews; MDE; model driven engineering practice; Programmers; Software; software design; software design methodologies; Software engineering; Studies; Systems development; Unified modeling language; Model driven architecture; Debate

Despite lively debate over the past decade on the benefits and drawbacks of model-driven engineering (MDE), there have been few industry-wide studies of MDE in practice. A new study that surveyed 450 MDE practitioners and performed in-depth interviews with 22 more suggests that although MDE might be...