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Industrial Adoption of Model-Driven Engineering: Are the Tools Really the Problem?

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Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2013)

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Abstract

An oft-cited reason for lack of adoption of model-driven engineering (MDE) is poor tool support. However, studies have shown that adoption problems are as much to do with social and organizational factors as with tooling issues. This paper discusses the impact of tools on MDE adoption and places tooling within a broader organizational context. The paper revisits previous data on MDE adoption (19 in-depth interviews with MDE practitioners) and re-analyzes the data through the specific lens of MDE tools. In addition, the paper presents new data (20 new interviews in two specific companies) and analyzes it through the same lens. The key contribution of the paper is a taxonomy of tool-related considerations, based on industry data, which can be used to reflect on the tooling landscape as well as inform future research on MDE tools.

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  1. School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

    Jon Whittle, John Hutchinson & Mark Rouncefield

  2. Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Håkan Burden & Rogardt Heldal

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  1. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Departamento de Informática, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal

    Ana Moreira

  2. Institut für Mathematik, fortiss / Technische Universität München, Guerickestraße 25, 80805, München, Germany

    Bernhard Schätz

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Alabama, Box 870290, 35487-0290, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

    Jeff Gray

  4. ETSI Informática, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, Bulevar Louis Pasteur 35, 29071, Málaga, Spain

    Antonio Vallecillo

  5. School of Computing and Information Sciences, College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, 33199, Miami, FL, USA

    Peter Clarke

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Whittle, J., Hutchinson, J., Rouncefield, M., Burden, H., Heldal, R. (2013). Industrial Adoption of Model-Driven Engineering: Are the Tools Really the Problem?. In: Moreira, A., Schätz, B., Gray, J., Vallecillo, A., Clarke, P. (eds) Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems. MODELS 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8107. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41533-3_1

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