Investigating the Process of Process Modeling with Eye Movement Analysis

Abstract

Research on quality issues of business process models has recently begun to explore the process of creating process models by analyzing the modeler's interactions with the modeling environment. In this paper we aim to complement previous insights on the modeler's modeling behavior with data gathered by tracking the modeler's eye movements when engaged in the act of modeling. We present preliminary results and outline directions for future research to triangulate toward a more comprehensive understanding of the process of process modeling. We believe that combining different views on the process of process modeling constitutes another building block in understanding this process that will ultimately enable us to support modelers in creating better process models.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1511.0405

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“…To this end, TDMS makes use of Cheetah Experimental Platform's (CEP) [11] components for empirical research and integrates Declare [12] for workflow execution, as illustrated in Fig. 5 and detailed in the following.…”

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“…Immediately before the sessions, a short lecture revisiting the most important concepts of declarative process models and the setup was held. The rest of the session was guided by CEP's experimental workflow engine [14], as described in Sect. 3.…”

“…For the operationalization of this setup, we relied on Cheetah Experimental Platform (CEP) [14]. CEP guided the subjects through the sessions, starting with an initial questionnaire, two questionnaires about declarative process models (one represented graphically and one textually), a concluding questionnaire and a feedback questionnaire.…”

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“…1 as an experimental workflow in Cheetah Experimental Platform (CEP) [16]. In other words, each activity from the experimental procedure was supported by a Java component, which in turn was executed in the order prescribed by the experimental procedure.…”

“…Similarly, a research agenda for investigating user satisfaction has been proposed in [22]. Other works employed eye-tracking for investigating process model comprehension [7] or for inspecting the way how modelers create process models [23]. However, all these works focus on the direct application of eye movement analysis rather than seeking to examine its usefulness, as done in this work.…”