ADDE: Application development for the distributed enterprise

Application Development for the Distributed Enterprise (ADDE) is a methodol ogical set that supports design of distributed business processes and ICT s ystems. ADDE provides a guide, a repository and supporting software tools, an underlying meta-model based on UML, that may be used in developing furth er software tools, or adapting existing tools to work with the ADDE reposit ory. The main principles that have driven the authors' approach to distribu ted system design are presented. These principles a re the focus on distrib ution issues, the separation of organisational and technical issues, the em phasis on the design process as a decision process, the notion of technolog ical services and the method independence of the guidance. Following this, the guidance on the definition and planning of the application development will be introduced. A presentation of the guidance on distributed applicati on design, as well as the concepts of macro and micro decisions follows. Fi nally the future work of the ADDE project will be outlined.