Applying and MDD-Based Approach to Automatically Generate System Models to Develop Systems Involving Users

Bridge the gap between the desires of final users and real software features is one of the most important tasks of the software engineering community. In this regard, several approaches aim to provide solutions that enable the users directly design systems. For example, it has been demonstrated that considering the business documents and their respective states as the main source to define the features of the systems is a promising alternative. In this respect, the adoption of ultra-graphs to represent both business documents and system features have been explored. There are evidences that confirmed the benefits of this type of approach. However, the high complexity of ultra-graphs hinders its applicability due to the lack of knowledge that commonly users have in these technologies. On the other hand, Model Driven Paradigm (MDD) has widely accepted as a suitable solution to reduce the complexity during the software development process. Therefore, this paper aims to describe the design of a framework based on MDD and ultra-graphs to develop systems involving users. This approach might reduce the complexity to create ultra-graphs by applying the specifications of MDD, especially the automation. Consequently, it will improve the development process in terms of efficiency and quality.