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A low-code approach to support method engineering

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Raquel Araújo de Oliveira,

Mario Cortes-Cornax,

Alexandre DemeureAuthors Info & Claims

MODELS '22: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Companion Proceedings

Pages 793 - 797

https://doi.org/10.1145/3550356.3561588

Published: 09 November 2022 Publication History

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Method engineering is defined as a discipline to design, construct and adapt methods, techniques and tools for the development of information systems. A method formalizes and structures the steps needed in order to achieve a specific goal. By executing a method step by step, users follow a systematic and well defined way to attain the results which the method was created for. However, method creation or the adaptation of existing methods to a specific domain or organization is challenging if one does not have method engineering skills. In addition, the adoption of a method may also be difficult if there is no tool to support these activities. Method engineers may not have the programming skills to implement such a tool. In this context, we propose an approach inspired by the low-code and end-user development paradigms for method engineering. The advantages are twofold. Firstly, it helps method engineers in creating and configuring new methods. Secondly, the approach automatically provides tool support so that method experts can actually execute the method. This position paper presents the approach through a proof of concept implementation.

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A low-code approach to support method engineering
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
      1. Software development methods
    2. Software development techniques
      1. Reusability

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Völz AAmlashi DBurzynski PUtz W(2024)ADOxx: Eine Low-Code-Plattform für die Entwicklung von ModellierungswerkzeugenADOxx: A Low-Code Platform for the Development of Modeling ToolsHMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik10.1365/s40702-024-01096-x61:5(1295-1316)Online publication date: 2-Aug-2024
https://doi.org/10.1365/s40702-024-01096-x
Araújo de Oliveira RCortes-Cornax MFront A(2024)Supporting method engineering with a low-code approach: the LOMET toolSoftware and Systems Modeling10.1007/s10270-024-01203-y23:5(1101-1122)Online publication date: 13-Sep-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-024-01203-y
Gupta RJansen NRegnat NRumpe B(2023)User-Centric Model-Aware Recommendations for Industrial Domain-Specific Modelling Languages2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion (MODELS-C)10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00064(330-341)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00064
Araújo de Oliveira RCortes-Cornax MFront A(2023)Supporting Method Creation, Adaptation and Execution with a Low-code ApproachEnterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling10.1007/978-3-031-34241-7_13(184-198)Online publication date: 31-May-2023
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