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News Release from: Venture Development Corp
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
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Model-driven development gathers pace
Research indicates that more developers are expecting to adopt model-driven development approaches, including UML, over the next two years.
The growing complexity of today's embedded software and systems has driven many developers to consider a model-driven development strategy Recently published research by Venture Development Corp (VDC) indicates that more developers are expecting to adopt model-driven development approaches, including UML, over the next two years to cope with this complexity and an increase in the lines of software code per device
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Dec 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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However, increased adoption of software modelling tools has not translated into equivalent increases in commercial market revenue to the degree that VDC had previously anticipated.
VDC suspects that a number of factors, including the availability of low-priced UML modelling tools, have significantly impacted the growth of the commercial market for software-modelling tools.
According to Matt Volckmann, Senior Analyst from VDC's Embedded Software Practice: "Within the embedded UML market, numerous lower-priced commercial alternatives have appeared".
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"VDC believes that providers of these lower-priced tools are offering solutions that are adequate for the needs of developers that have fewer high-end requirements".
VDC expects continued adoption of model-based development tools, as the benefit of modelling complex systems helps developers to organise and manage complex software and system development.
These tools currently see the most use in the early phases of the design process.
However, as adoption increases and leading suppliers continue to advance their solutions to drive modelling environments to the centre of the development process, VDC expects additional users to more readily acquire additional tool extensions with increasingly sophisticated capabilities.
One of the keys will be to understand the requirements of new adopters in order to capture additional share.
According to Volckmann: "Findings from our end-user research show that early adopters of design automation tools (those currently using these technologies) have quite different characteristics than the group of developers yet to adopt these types of tools".
Within the "Volume IV: Embedded design automation and simulation tools" report, VDC offers several strategies for commercial software modelling tools suppliers in the embedded market to effectively compete within this emerging UML space.
In addition to software modelling tools such as UML, this report also includes analysis of other modelling and simulation technologies in current use within embedded development, many of which have seen more steady commercial revenue growth.
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