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Atualmente um sistema informático tem normalmente que interagir/comunicar com diversos sistemas externos, que disponibilizam informação em diversos formatos e utilizando diferentes modelos. Na integração deste tipo de sistemas existe a necessidade de transformar diferentes modelos e/ou agregar informação para posterior utilização. Este processo de integração pode ser um processo complexo e demorado, dependendo da complexidade inerente do negócio associado.
Este trabalho pretende apoiar e desenvolver o trabalho previamente realizado pela empresa msg life Iberia que tem vindo a desenvolver uma aplicação de comercialização de seguros denominada Sales & Service, no ramo de Vida e Não Vida, que se distingue pela capacidade de integração de diferentes PDS – Product Definition System e pela capacidade de customização dos diferentes produtos existentes nesses sistemas, tanto ao nível dos próprios produtos como à forma de apresentação dos mesmos, sem necessidade de desenvolvimento de uma aplicação de raiz para tal.
Esta capacidade é alcançada com base na existência de um modelo canónico, que representa um produto de seguros, genérico o suficiente para suportar todas essas variações. Os modelos existentes nos diferentes PDS são extensos e com grande nível de especificidade o que torna o processo de integração de um novo Product Definition System num processo demorado e custoso.
Pretende-se desenvolver uma ferramenta de mapeamento entre os diferentes modelos utilizados que permita facilitar e automatizar dentro do possível todo o processo de integração com diferentes PDS. Esta ferramenta deve suportar vários tipos de transformação e apresentar ganhos relevantes comparativamente ao processo manual atualmente em prática.
Para atingir estes objetivos pretende-se tirar partido de técnicas de Model to Model Transformation e a utilização das melhores práticas preconizadas pela utilização do paradigma Model Driven Architecture e de outras técnicas de mapeamento entre objetos.
Currently a computer system usually has to interact/communicate with several external systems, which provide information in different formats and using different models. In the integration of this type of systems there is a need to transform different models and/or to aggregate information for later use. This integration process can be a complex and timeconsuming process, depending on the inherent complexity of the associated business. This work intends to support and develop the work previously carried out by the company msg life Iberia which has been developing an insurance sales application called Sales & Service in the field of Life and Non Life, distinguished by the integration capacity of different PDS – Product Definition System and the ability to customize the different products in these systems, both in terms of the products themselves and also in the way they are presented, without the need to develop an application from the ground up for achieving that. This capability is achieved on the basis of the existence of a canonical model, which represents an insurance product, generic enough to support all these variations. The existing models in the different PDS are extensive and with a high level of specificity which makes the process of integrating a new Product Definition System into a time-consuming and costly process. It is intended to develop a mapping tool among the different models used to facilitate and automate the entire integration process with different PDS. This tool must support various types of transformation and present significant gains compared to the manual process in place nowadays. To achieve these objectives we intend to take advantage of Model to Model Transformation techniques and the use of the best practices recommended by the use of the Model Driven Architecture paradigm and other mapping techniques between objects.
Currently a computer system usually has to interact/communicate with several external systems, which provide information in different formats and using different models. In the integration of this type of systems there is a need to transform different models and/or to aggregate information for later use. This integration process can be a complex and timeconsuming process, depending on the inherent complexity of the associated business. This work intends to support and develop the work previously carried out by the company msg life Iberia which has been developing an insurance sales application called Sales & Service in the field of Life and Non Life, distinguished by the integration capacity of different PDS – Product Definition System and the ability to customize the different products in these systems, both in terms of the products themselves and also in the way they are presented, without the need to develop an application from the ground up for achieving that. This capability is achieved on the basis of the existence of a canonical model, which represents an insurance product, generic enough to support all these variations. The existing models in the different PDS are extensive and with a high level of specificity which makes the process of integrating a new Product Definition System into a time-consuming and costly process. It is intended to develop a mapping tool among the different models used to facilitate and automate the entire integration process with different PDS. This tool must support various types of transformation and present significant gains compared to the manual process in place nowadays. To achieve these objectives we intend to take advantage of Model to Model Transformation techniques and the use of the best practices recommended by the use of the Model Driven Architecture paradigm and other mapping techniques between objects.
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Model to Model Transformation Model Driven Architecture Product Definition System Ferramenta Mapeamento Seguros MMT (Model to Model Transformation) MDA (Model Driven Architecture) PDS (Product Definition System) Mapping Tool Insurance