In most cases, generators for things such as
model checking or documentation are not essential at this stage, and can be left to
bubble away on the back burner during the pilot project. An autobuild generator, as
discussed in 11.4.1, may however be an important element even in the pilot project.
13.5 PILOT PROJECT
While you will have drawn sketches of models while creating the modeling language,
and built working example models before creating the generators, there is nothing
like a real life project for testing out a DSM solution. In the pilot project, a
separate team will be testing the prototype DSMsolution to ensure that it works and is
a good medium for building applications in the domain. The DSM solution team will
be actively present throughout the project, helping the pilot team learn and use the
DSM solution, and also ?¬?xing and improving the various parts of the solution as
necessary.
You need to ?¬?nd a pilot team with a real product or piece of the product to build. As
we mentioned above, the target should be something fairly standard in terms of the
domain, and the project should not be on the critical path. The team itself should be
motivated and disciplined.
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The modeling language will have remained relatively stable while building the
generators, but now it is time to open it up to change again.
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