Innovator - Open Modeling Platform
The Innovator Modeling Platform
As well as business process modeling, object-oriented and structured software analysis, Innovator also supports object-oriented design and data modeling. Innovator is especially suited for model-driven software development as it enables domain-specific language extensions using UML 2 profiles.
Advantages of Innovator:
- Integrated solution, from requirements and business processes right through to application development
- Supports open industry standards (BPMN, UML, SysML, SoaML)
- Flexible customization using DSLs and profiles
- Central model server supports distributed teams
- Open architecture and Java/.NET APIs
New to Innovator 11 R4
- Office Integration
- Animator
- Managing Modifications - Change Sets
- Innovator for Software Architects
- Color and form options
- Model validation
- "Smart Icons" for showing additional information about model elements
- Container versions in the server
- Integration of model comparisons and merge tools in the Innovator GUI
- Context-sensitive online help
- Extension of user management system: Model administration
- Extended rights system: Filtering of contents depending on access rights
- Improved performance and usability
Innovator 11 R4 - That's New! 
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David Norton: “Gartner is often asked: “Is Model Driven Development (MDD) relevant or is it a legacy of the formal development mindset?” The simple answer is yes! MDD has a place in modern application development. BPM and SOA based solutions can benefit greatly from driving the implementation directly from the models in terms of productivity, alignment and cost of maintenance. Combining MDD with iterative delivery, openness to change , and engaged business means organizations are not penalized if they want agility with control.”
Innovator 11 (Version 11 R4)
Modeling business processes, requirements, mask flows, business objects and use cases with Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN 2.0) and Unified Modeling Language (UML 2.1).
Uniform software development in accordance with object-oriented methods using Unified Modeling Language (UML 2.1).
Highly-flexible data modeling with information management metamodel (IMM), entity-relationship modeling (ERM) and structured entity-relationship modeling (SERM).
Office Integration
Innovator Office Integration is an add-in for Microsoft Word which enables the user to synchronize requirements in Word documents and Innovator models.
You can find information about the older Innovator versions Function, Data eXcellence, Object eXcellence, Business classiX, Object classiX and Data classiX under previous products.
