: Modeling and Tools: Modeling for Software Development and Operations

: Modeling and Tools: Modeling for Software Development and Operations: "We use many models to design, develop, deploy, and manage technology solutions. A partial list of these models might include business cases, use case diagrams, entity relationship models, object models, code, test suites, deployment plans, logical data center models, and exception management plans. Software lifecycle methodologies have traditionally struggled to automate the production of 'downstream' models from 'upstream' models, or even to keep the different system models synchronized. This brief paper describes the modeling space and outlines current efforts to use models more effectively throughout the technology lifecycle."