The Untrained Eye: How Languages for Software Specification Support Understanding in Untrained Users

Britton, Carol; Jones, Sara

doi:10.1080/07370024.1999.9667269

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“…Further research on creating a shared understanding via collaborative conceptual modeling has focused on examining how conceptual models can act as boundary objects in collaborative settings and which requirements these models need to fulfill in order to be useable for actors in this context (Britton and Jones 1999;Genon et al 2011). As will be discussed in the following, findings presented in research on these topics can provide valuable insights in how the development of a shared understanding can be supported via modeling.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These elements describe the coordinative aspects as well as the operative aspects of work and thus can be considered the minimal set of conceptual elements necessary to describe collaborative work (Fjuk et al 1997). When involving inexperienced modelers, it seems to be appropriate to limit the number of available modeling elements a priori to those appropriate for the intended modeling perspective and targeted outcome (Genon et al 2011;Britton and Jones 1999). The modeling language proposed here consequently consists of the following three modeling elements: WHO-elements representing actors, roles, or organizational entities (exact semantics depend on the level of abstraction individually chosen for modeling), WHAT-elements representing activities, and EXCHANGE-elements describing the exchange of information or artifacts among WHO-elements (exact semantics depend on designator for element).…”

Section: Structural Guidance Via Modeling Language Constructs and Laymentioning

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Supporting the Collaborative Construction of a Shared Understanding About Work with a Guided Conceptual Modeling Technique

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2016

Group Decis Negot

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The existence of a shared understanding about a collaborative work process among all involved actors is one prerequisite for its successful implementation. The development of a shared understanding is facilitated when the actors make explicit their individual views and create externalizations that can be used as subjects of discourse. Instruments supporting externalization and discourse about collaborative work need to provide adequate forms of representation and guide actors in implementing these reflection and alignment processes. Appropriate guidance can facilitate the construction of a shared understanding for actors not accustomed to such processes. This paper introduces a methodology that offers structural and procedural guidance by adopting diagrammatical conceptual modeling techniques. This methodology has been evaluated extensively in a multiple case study. A combination of interaction analysis of the modeling process and ex-post assessment of the actors' perceptions has been used to evaluate the adequacy of the proposed methodology with respect to the pursued objectives. The results confirm that the modeling methodology and the proposed guidance measures appropriately support the process of constructing a shared understanding about collaborative work processes.Keywords Multi-perspective articulation of work · Diagrammatical conceptual modeling of communication and work processes · Domain-expert-driven modeling · Bottom-up organizational development

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Section: Structural Guidance Via Modeling Language Constructs and Laymentioning

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Supporting the Collaborative Construction of a Shared Understanding About Work with a Guided Conceptual Modeling Technique

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2016

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“…Table 5). Britton and Jones [36] thereby define the properties of cognitive dimensions as properties of languages that contribute to ease of understanding of representations. Thus, for the requirement understandability, it is sufficient to examine the principles of cognitive effectiveness.…”

Section: Concept Of Analysismentioning

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“…Green [37] and Britton and Jones [36] present a dimension analysis of programming languages. The dimension analysis facilitates comparing dissimilar languages and also helps to identify the relationship between them.…”

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Evaluation of Selected Control Programming Languages for Process Engineers by Means of Cognitive Effectiveness and Dimensions

Bayrak¹,

Ocker²,

Vogel‐Heuser³

2017

JSEA

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Different programming languages can be used for discrete, abstract and process-oriented programming. Depending on the application, there exist additional requirements, which are not fulfilled by every programming language. Flexible programming and maintainability are especially important requirements for process engineers. In this paper, the programming languages Activity Diagram, State Chart Diagram and Sequential Function Chart are compared and evaluated with regard to these requirements. This evaluation is based on the principles of cognitive effectiveness and cognitive dimensions. The aim of this paper is to identify the programming language suited best for controlling sequential processes, e.g. thermomechanical or batch processes.

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“…Recent developments in icons have heightened the need for the ease of communication (Britton & Jones, 1999;Bongshin et al, 2012). Communication systems based on icons originally introduced by Peirce (1931) have been reproduced in recent language work (e.g., Deacon, 1997).…”

Section: The Current Iconic Communication Environmentmentioning

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Can icons enhance requirements engineering work?

Khanom

Heimbürger

Kärkkäinen

2015

Journal of Visual Languages & Computing

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The Untrained Eye: How Languages for Software Specification Support Understanding in Untrained Users

Cited by 25 publications

References 2 publications

Supporting the Collaborative Construction of a Shared Understanding About Work with a Guided Conceptual Modeling Technique

Supporting the Collaborative Construction of a Shared Understanding About Work with a Guided Conceptual Modeling Technique

Evaluation of Selected Control Programming Languages for Process Engineers by Means of Cognitive Effectiveness and Dimensions

Can icons enhance requirements engineering work?

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