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Agile MERODE: a model-driven software engineering method for user-centric and value-based development.
- Source :
- Software & Systems Modeling; Aug2022, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p1469-1494, 26p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Agile is often associated with a lack of architectural thinking causing technical debt but has the advantage of user centricity and a strong focus on value. Model-driven software engineering (MDSE) strongly performs for building a quality architecture and code, but lacks focus on user requirements and tends to consider development as a monolithic whole. The combination of Agile and MDSE has been explored, but a convincing integrated method has not been proposed yet. This paper addresses this gap by exploring the specific combination of MERODE—as an example of a proven MDSE method—with Scrum, a reference agile method offering a concrete (sprint-based) life cycle management on the basis of user stories. The method resulting of this integration is called Agile MERODE; it is driven by user stories, themselves associated with behavior-driven development scenarios. It allows for domain-driven design and permits fast development from domain models by means of code generation. An illustrative example further clarifies the practical application of Agile MERODE, while a case study shows the planning game application in the case's context. While the approach, in its entirety, allows reducing technical debt by building the architecture in a logical, consistent and complete manner, introducing MDSE involves a trade-off with pure value-driven development. Agile MERODE contributes to the state of the art by showing how to increase user centricity in MDSE, how to align model-driven engineering with the Scrum cycle, and how to reduce the technical debt of agile developments yet remaining value-focused. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16191366
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Software & Systems Modeling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158782531
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-022-01015-y