Learning from Quality Issues of BPMN Models from Industry

Leopold, Henrik; Mendling, Jan; Günther, Oliver

doi:10.1109/ms.2015.81

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“…Others build on reference theories from fields like cognitive psychology and adapt them to the processmodeling domain Figl and Strembeck 2014) or use generic frameworks such as those for the quality of modeling notations (Moody 2009) to assess process modeling notations (Figl et al 2009;Genon et al 2010). While the first proposals for modeling guidelines provide no empirical evidence on which to build (e.g., Becker et al 1995), later guidelines (Mendling et al 2010a;Leopold et al 2016;Mendling et al 2012a) refer to empirical data. For instance, these guidelines interpret the occurrence of errors related to correctness in large, natural collections of process models (e.g., Mendling 2007) or violations of modeling style guides written for practitioners (Leopold et al 2016) as indicators of comprehension difficulties, incorporating also selected empirical studies on model comprehension that are also part of this review.…”

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“…While the first proposals for modeling guidelines provide no empirical evidence on which to build (e.g., Becker et al 1995), later guidelines (Mendling et al 2010a;Leopold et al 2016;Mendling et al 2012a) refer to empirical data. For instance, these guidelines interpret the occurrence of errors related to correctness in large, natural collections of process models (e.g., Mendling 2007) or violations of modeling style guides written for practitioners (Leopold et al 2016) as indicators of comprehension difficulties, incorporating also selected empirical studies on model comprehension that are also part of this review.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Comprehension of Procedural Visual Business Process Models

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2017

Bus Inf Syst Eng

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Visual process models are meant to facilitate comprehension of business processes. However, in practice, process models can be difficult to understand. The main goal of this article is to clarify the sources of cognitive effort in comprehending process models. The article undertakes a comprehensive descriptive review of empirical and theoretical work in order to categorize and summarize systematically existing findings on the factors that influence comprehension of visual process models. Methodologically, the article builds on a review of forty empirical studies that measure objective comprehension of process models, seven studies that measure subjective comprehension and user preferences, and thirty-two articles that discuss the factors that influence the comprehension of process models. The article provides information systems researchers with an overview of the empirical state of the art of process model comprehension and provides recommendations for new research questions to be addressed and methods to be used in future experiments.

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Section: Theoretical Discussion Versus Empirical Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comprehension of Procedural Visual Business Process Models

Figl

2017

Bus Inf Syst Eng

107

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“…Regarding a best practice of BPMN process modelling [2], implicit splits and joins should be avoided and replaced by gateways. Therefore, if the decomposed model is constructed correctly, all its tasks are SESE elements, except those containing boundary events, as described in Section 3.3.…”

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“…According to the research based on industrial applications [2], most of the manually created process models are badly affected by quality issues. Therefore, an automated support in the phase of process design is highly appreciated.…”

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Decomposition of business process models into reusable sub-diagrams

Wiśniewski

2017

ITM Web Conf.

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Abstract. In this paper, an approach to automatic decomposition of business process models is proposed. According to our method, an existing BPMN diagram is disassembled into reusable parts containing the desired number of elements. Such elements and structure can work as design patterns and be validated by a user in terms of correctness. In the next step, these component models are categorised considering their parameters such as resources used, as well as input and output data. The classified components may be considered a repository of reusable parts, that can be further applied in the design of new models. The proposed technique may play a significant role in facilitating the business process redesign procedure, which is of a great importance regarding engineering and industrial applications.

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“…Literature emphasizes that a good understanding of a process model has positive influence on the success of a modeling initiative [4]. Research on impact factors of process model understandability focuses on the product or outcome of the process modeling act [5,6,7], identifying features that make models easier to understand [8]. In particular, features that characterize the layout of these models, which are part of their secondary notation, have been shown to have an effect on model understandability [9,10].…”

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Visualization of the Evolution of Layout Metrics for Business Process Models

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Burattin

Soffer

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Business Process Management Workshops

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Abstract. Considerable progress regarding impact factors of process model understandability has been achieved. For example, it has been shown that layout features of process models have an effect on model understandability. Even so, it appears that our knowledge about the modeler's behavior regarding the layout of a model is very limited. In particular, research focuses on the end product or the outcome of the process modeling act rather than the act itself. This paper extends existing research by opening this black box and introducing an enhanced technique enabling the visual analysis of the modeler's behavior towards layout. We demonstrate examples showing that our approach provides valuable insights to better understand and support the creation of process models. Additionally, we sketch challenges impeding this support for future research.

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Learning from Quality Issues of BPMN Models from Industry

Cited by 54 publications

References 9 publications

Comprehension of Procedural Visual Business Process Models

Comprehension of Procedural Visual Business Process Models

Decomposition of business process models into reusable sub-diagrams

Visualization of the Evolution of Layout Metrics for Business Process Models

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