About Us
Founded in 2002 by published methodologist Marc Balcer, Model Compilers LLC is a professional services firm that provides
precise analysis, software architecture, and custom tooling that
enables agile companies to transform ideas into systems.
In 2002, Stephen J. Mellor and Marc J. Balcer published
Executable UML: A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture,
which extended the original Shlaer-Mellor Method to include the UML
Action Semantics and the OMG's Model-Driven Architecture initiative.
The Xumda Method is rooted in the Shlaer-Mellor Method and
Executable UML, with a special focus on the properties of enterprise
IT.
Model Compilers makes the Xumda Method available through expert
training, hands-on consulting, tools, and publications.
The training courses are developed and maintained by the creators
of the method and are available in public and on-site formats.
The consulting services bring our extensive experience directly
to your projects, enhancing the speed and efficiency with which your
team learns to apply the method. Our services provide both
technical and project management support throughout the entire
project lifecycle. To us, consulting is a partnership in which
we share responsibility for your ultimate success.
Xumda Studio and Model Compilers are tools created especially to
support the method, providing accurate modeling and productive
development capabilities to practitioners of the Xumda Method.
What’s in the Name?
The name xumda is simply an acronym—executable
uml for model
driven architecture.
We like how the name sounds—“zoom-dah!" with
emphasis on the "zoom" part—the idea of speed—this is a way to
get you where you want to be faster—as in, I create these models, I
get my software right now.