A Rational approach to model-driven development

A. W. Brown S. Iyengar S. Johnston Models, modeling, and model transformation form the basis for a set of software development approaches that are known as model-driven development (MDD). Models are used in reasoning about a problem domain and the corresponding solution domain for some area of interest. In this paper, we explore model-driven approaches to the realization of solutions for today’s enterprise systems. In particular, we describe the key elements of MDD as they have emerged from the support of IBM Rationalt for model-driven approaches over more than a decade. We discuss the importance of creating model-to-model and model-to-code transformations that guide the development process, and we review the portfolio of IBM Rational tools in the context of their support for modeling and model-driven development.