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The theory of Method Engineering becomes increasingly solid, but very few engineering tools have been developed to support the application of its research results. To overcome this limitation, this paper presents a methodological framework based on Model Driven Engineering techniques. The framework provides a method supported by a software platform for the construction of software production methods. This framework covers from the specification of the software production method to the generation of the CASE tool that supports it. This generation process has been semi-automated through model transformations. The CASE tool and the software platform are based on the Eclipse-based MOSKitt tool. The plugin-based architecture and the integrated modelling tools included in the MOSKitt tool turn it into a suitable software platform to support our proposal. To validate the proposal we have applied the framework to a case study.
This work has been developed with the support of MEC under the project SESAMO TIN2007-62894 and cofinanced by FEDER.
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Cervera, M., Albert, M., Torres, V., Pelechano, V. (2010). A Methodological Framework and Software Infrastructure for the Construction of Software Production Methods. In: Münch, J., Yang, Y., Schäfer, W. (eds) New Modeling Concepts for Today’s Software Processes. ICSP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6195. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14347-2_11
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