Modelling method design: a model-driven approach

The importance of Modelling Method Engineering is equally rising with the importance of Domain Specific Languages and individual modelling approaches. In order to capture the most relevant semantic primitives that address domain specifics needs, it is necessary to involve both, the method engineers as well as domain experts. Based on practical experience in business, more than twenty EU projects and other research initiatives, this paper analyses current approaches in domain specific modelling method specification and introduces a model-driven approach to support the design of a modelling method. The realized modelling tool is introduced and evaluated by two projects in the context of e-Learning, and Business and IT-Cloud Alignment. The paper discusses the evaluation results and derived outlooks.