Practical guidelines for the readability of IT-architecture diagrams

Koning, Henk; Dormann, Claire; Vliet, Hans van

doi:10.1145/584955.584969

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“…In addition, there is still little literature about the connection between visible cultural aspects and hidden in-tercultural variables for HCI design. The investigation of cultural differences in the information seeking process by [115] also supported the path to guidelines that available on building IT architecture [116]. Regarding different kinds of thinking, [117] proposed that the thought patterns of East Asians and Westerners differ greatly (holistic vs. analytic).…”

Section: International Workhops Of Internationalization Of Products mentioning

confidence: 92%

Using Converging Strategies to Reduce Divergence in Intercultural User Interface Design

Heimgärtner¹

2017

JCC

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This chapter starts with an introduction illuminating the theoretical background necessary for taking culture into account in HCI design. Definitions of concepts used are provided followed by a historical overview on taking culture into account in HCI design. Subsequently, a glimpse of the current state of research in culture-centered HCI design is derived from secondary literature providing the gist of the structures, processes, methods, models and theoretic approaches concerning the relationship between culture and HCI design ("converging" strategies). After presenting controversies and challenges, a short discussion of results from empirical studies and design recommendations for culture-centered HCI design lead to implications and trends in future intercultural user interface design research to close the knowledge gap (the "divergence") regarding the relationship between culture and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), i.e. converging the divergence to reach the convergent divergence.

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Section: International Workhops Of Internationalization Of Products mentioning

confidence: 92%

Using Converging Strategies to Reduce Divergence in Intercultural User Interface Design

Heimgärtner¹

2017

JCC

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“…Moreover, process diagrams contain textual information in the form of labels assigned to geometric shapes, or serve as a vehicle to add more descriptions [43]. Also, textual information performs an important role in the interpretation and relationships, as well as to improve the construction of a cognitive model [44]. In this light, the task of modeling the business process consists of adding some elements to the model such as nodes, edges, naming activities, and adding conditions to the edges [45].…”

Section: Development Of Business Processmentioning

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Process-Oriented Requirements Engineering: User-Centric LORS Framework

Al-Sabri¹,

Al‐Mashari²

2017

JSEA

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In recent years, the process orientation requirements engineering field has received significant interest. However, dealing with ordinary users within an enterprise for developing as-is business process is very complex because this requires skills, responsibility, knowledge, and expertise of business processes. This research answers the following questions: 1) how to systematically gather information regarding as-is business process requirements in an informal environment and by non-expert users? and 2) how can an enterprise refine the identified business process with a semantic process model? The primary purpose of this research is to develop a supporting framework that is suitable for the definition of an as-is business process to be deployed within the enterprise environment. Hence, the focus is on gathering requirements to define the as-is business process. This framework concentrates on three significant aspects of this process: development, refinement, and serialization the semantics of the process model. To accomplish this objective, the LORS framework has been proposed, which consists of four phases (List, Order, Refinement, and Serialization). The framework presents a new unique technique to identify the business process, refine the process, and generate the model semantics. This study assumes that a simple and complete framework will help non-expert users define a high-quality as-is process, such that enhance and facilitate the matching process with existing reference models. We present a case study, evaluate the case study relative to specified criteria, and research the limitations and implications discovered from our research. This research concludes that the LORS framework is simple, flexible, visible, interactive, dynamic, and effective.

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“…If a complex diagram is not presented hierarchically, viewers have to derive the hierarchy in their mind [28]. Cornelissen et al [29] established a set of metrics for scenario diagrams to recommend a number of abstractions that should be used to have the desired amount of detail.…”

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An Exploratory Study on User Interaction Challenges When Handling Interconnected Requirements Artifacts of Various Sizes

Ghazi

Glinz

2016

2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE)

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Requirements documentation is essential for developing software systems of non-trivial size. The cost of creating and maintaining documentation artifacts in terms of time and effort is significantly influenced by the tools with which engineers view, navigate and edit documentation artifacts. However, there is not much evidence about how well documentation tools actually support engineers, particularly when dealing with artifacts that are larger than the available display screen and with multiple artifacts at the same time. Therefore, we conducted an exploratory study based on 29 interviews with software practitioners to understand the current practice of presenting and manipulating artifacts in documentation tools, and how practitioners deal with the challenges encountered. Our study shows that a significant number of artifacts cannot be viewed entirely, even on large screens. Moreover, more than half of the participants use four or more artifacts concurrently. Nevertheless, current tools only provide primitive capabilities for handling concurrent and large artifacts, thus forcing engineers to create, for example, mental images of the currently used artifacts or use workarounds such as hanging printouts to the wall. Our results may trigger new research and help improve requirements engineering tools. Abstract-Requirements documentation is essential for developing software systems of non-trivial size. The cost of creating and maintaining documentation artifacts in terms of time and effort is significantly influenced by the tools with which engineers view, navigate and edit documentation artifacts. However, there is not much evidence about how well documentation tools actually support engineers, particularly when dealing with artifacts that are larger than the available display screen and with multiple artifacts at the same time. Therefore, we conducted an exploratory study based on 29 interviews with software practitioners to understand the current practice of presenting and manipulating artifacts in documentation tools, and how practitioners deal with the challenges encountered. Our study shows that a significant number of artifacts cannot be viewed entirely, even on large screens. Moreover, more than half of the participants use four or more artifacts concurrently. Nevertheless, current tools only provide primitive capabilities for handling concurrent and large artifacts, thus forcing engineers to create, for example, mental images of the currently used artifacts or use workarounds such as hanging printouts to the wall. Our results may trigger new research and help improve requirements engineering tools.

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Practical guidelines for the readability of IT-architecture diagrams

Cited by 46 publications

References 6 publications

Using Converging Strategies to Reduce Divergence in Intercultural User Interface Design

Using Converging Strategies to Reduce Divergence in Intercultural User Interface Design

Process-Oriented Requirements Engineering: User-Centric LORS Framework

An Exploratory Study on User Interaction Challenges When Handling Interconnected Requirements Artifacts of Various Sizes

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