EXAMPLE SESSION PROPOSAL 1

Interested in making a session proposal? Please take a look at this and our second example to get an idea of the sort of information we need:

Session Title:

Enterprise-scale MDD and code generation: Challenges after the initial adoption

Session Type: Case study

Session Duration: 75 minutes

Session Description:

This case study presents the main challenges and solutions developed during four years of applying MDD and code generation in several large-scale, enterprise-critical projects. The questions we’ll present will be of interest to anyone, in any role, involved in adopting MDD and generation:

• How should configuration control of models work, and how should deliverables and baselines of code and models between multiple teams work?
• Where should the different levels of model validation, specifically the domain-specific issues, be checked? How is checking integrated with the build process?
• What really are the key features of a code generator, for large-scale adoption?
• How do we gradually evolve a meta-model, while teams are delivering working software? How much does the meta-model change anyway?
• How do business analysts, testers and customers fit in?

The case study is based on quantitative metrics, formal debriefs and informal anecdotes gathered during several years of hands-on experience.

Intended Audience:

Anyone involved with implementing or adopting MDD or code generation for large-scale or long-term software projects.

Session outputs: The presentation will be made available online after the event.

See our Call for Speakers for more information on making a session proposal. Please note that session proposals must reach the organisers no later than Friday January 15th 2010.

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