Towards Cloud-Based Software Process Modelling and Enactment

Model Driven Engineering (MDE) considers models as a key artifact in software processes, and focus on the creation of models and transformations between them in order to (semi) automatically generate code. In this paper, we step back and consider the software process model itself as a key artifact that can be enacted and semi automated. We support our vision by proposing an architecture for a cloud-based software processes modelling and enactment environment which integrates software development tools and maintains repositories of modelling artifacts and the history of development. © 2014 Newcastle University. Printed and published by Newcastle University, Computing Science, Claremont Tower, Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, England. Bibliographical details ALAJRAMI, S., ROMANOVSKY, A., WATSON, P., ROTH, A. Towards Cloud-Based Software Process Modelling and Enactment [By] S. Alajrami, A. Romanovsky, P. Watson, and A. Roth Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University: Computing Science, 2014. (Newcastle University, Computing Science, Technical Report Series, No. CS-TR-1432)

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