UML in embedded (I)

I say now a truism. Model based development will be the new quantum leap in software development in terms of productivity.
It surely takes more years to adopt UML in the development, but there is a clear path to this.

Some directions:

• code generation (hard constraints) and documentation.
• UML meta models are the basis of AUTOSAR standards. AUTOSAR is heavily supported by most of car manufacturers.
• UML and re-use of software should be good friends.
• Round trip engineering tools are more and more available for embedded and ease the re-use, as the design documents are more readable.

More post on this in the near future.