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Chapter 1. Introduction
This book is based on work done at IBM Rational by Dr. Murray Cantor and others. In a series of articles for Rational, Dr. Cantor sets out the basic principles of the Rational Unified Process for Systems Engineering (RUP® SE), which is IBM Rational’s instantiation of model driven systems development (MDSD)1.
This chapter provides an introduction to MDSD, discusses the challenges it was designed to address, and some of the benefits of using it. It provides a core set of concepts to enhance understanding the methodology, and provides an overview of the rest of the book. It also indicates what knowledge is needed as a prerequisite to understanding the material we present.
1L. Balmelli, D. Brown, M. Cantor, and M. Mott,
See also the series of articles in the Rational Edge,
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