IBM SG24-7368-00 manual Definitions, design points, and key concepts

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Chapter 2. Definitions, design points, and key concepts

To understand MDSD, we must set forth some key definitions and discuss key concepts and design points. This chapter defines important terms as used in MDSD, discusses some of the key concepts of MDSD, and sets out some of the motivations for its design.1

1This chapter uses material from, and adapts, two articles: L. Balmelli, D. Brown, M. Cantor, and M. Mott, Model-driven systems development, IBM Systems Journal, vol 45, no. 3, July/September 2006, pp. 569-585, and Cantor, Rational Unified Process for Systems Engineering, The Rational Edge, August 2003. Used with permission.

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