Role of Modeling
We model to understand complex things. Software today is more complex than ever. As a result, we model software. Our models describe what we want to build, what we are building, and what we have built. Models are used throughout the development life cycle and are key artifacts. Models often connect different types of artifacts—use case specifications to database tables—and provide a chain of responsibility and traceability.
These models are simplifications of reality. Models exist at various levels of abstraction. A level of abstraction indicates how far removed from the reality a model is. High levels of abstraction represent the most simplified models.[1] Low levels of abstraction have close and near 1:1 correspondence with ...
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