It refers to the model driven design, development, and testing approach released by the Object Management Group (OMG) in 2001. As per MDA, abstractions and modelling is used to visualize the structure and behaviour of the system independent from the underlying implementation technology. It helps in validating the software design against the requirements before developing and implementing the software product.
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Software Design
Rachita Misra (C.V. Raman College of Engineering, India), Chhabi Rani Panigrahi (C.V. Raman College of Engineering, India), Bijayalaxmi Panda (C.V. Raman College of Engineering, India), and Bibudhendu Pati (C.V. Raman College of Engineering, India)
Copyright: © 2016
|Pages: 39
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8823-0.ch014
Abstract
This chapter on “Software Design” emphasizes the role of modeling, prototyping, and simulation in software design. The chapter introduces the principles of software design, issues and challenges. Modeling techniques used in procedural and object oriented methodologies is presented along with the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The suitability of prototyping, as a design artifact and a simulation method is briefly discussed. Software processes such as Rapid Application Development (RAD), Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Agile methodologies which influence the design process have been discussed and recommended. The chapter then deals with Design Metrics for Quality Analysis, Software Risk Analysis and Threat Modeling for design of secure software. Finally, some of the recent research topics such as Model Driven Architecture (MDA), Model Driven Development (MDD), Meta Object Facility (MOF), and Model Driven Testing (MDT) have been covered.