Visualization of the Evolution of Layout Metrics for Business Process Models

Haisjackl, Cornelia; Burattin, Andrea; Soffer, Pnina; Weber, Barbara

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58457-7_33

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“…During the last years more research into notation specific understandability has been conducted; especially of BPMN and UML Activity Diagrams. BPMN research was specific to syntactic elements and constructs both theoretically (e.g., [20,36,37]) and empirically (e.g., [22,40,42,43,49,50,63]). A good summary can be found in [17].…”

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Influence of diagram layout and scrolling on understandability of BPMN processes: an eye tracking experiment with BPMN diagrams

2021

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Business process modeling is an important activity for developing software systems—especially within digitization projects and when realizing digital business models. Specifying requirements and building executable workflows is often done by using BPMN 2.0 process models. Although there are several style guides available for BPMN, e.g., by Silver and Richard (BPMN method and style, vol 2, Cody-Cassidy Press, Aptos, 2009), there has not been much empirical research done into the consequences of the diagram layout. In particular, layouts that require scrolling have not been investigated yet. The aim of this research is to establish layout guidelines for business process modeling that help business process modelers to create more understandable business process diagrams. For establishing benefits and penalties of different layouts, a controlled eye tracking experiment was conducted, in which data of 21 professional software developers was used. Our results show that horizontal layouts are less demanding and that as many diagram elements as possible should be put on the initially visible screen area because such diagram elements are viewed more often and longer. Additionally, diagram elements related to the reader’s task are read more often than those not relevant to the task. BPMN modelers should favor a horizontal layout and use a more complex snake or multi-line layout whenever the diagrams are too large to fit on one page in order to support BPMN model comprehension.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Influence of diagram layout and scrolling on understandability of BPMN processes: an eye tracking experiment with BPMN diagrams

2021

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“…Pinggera, et al [11] investigated if the structuring of domain knowledge could improve the modeling process of casual modelers. Haisjackl, et al [12] provide valuable insights into the modeler's behavior towards model lay-out and its implications on pragmatic quality of process models.…”

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confidence: 99%

Investigating the Trade-off Between the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Process Modeling

Bolle

Claes

2019

Business Process Management Workshops

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Despite recent efforts to improve the quality of process models, we still observe a significant dissimilarity in quality between models. This paper focuses on the syntactic condition of process models, and how it is achieved. To this end, a dataset of 121 modeling sessions was investigated. By going through each of these sessions step by step, a separate 'revision' phase was identified for 81 of them. Next, by cutting the modeling process off at the start of the revision phase, a partial process model was exported for these modeling sessions. Finally, each partial model was compared with its corresponding final model, in terms of time, effort, and the number of syntactic errors made or solved, in search for a possible trade-off between the effectiveness and efficiency of process modeling. Based on the findings, we give a provisional explanation for the difference in syntactic quality of process models.

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“…Put differently, a design artifact whose quality gradually degrades can make subsequent changes difficult by raising CL due to decreased readability. For this, quality will be operationalized as a set of properties [18,19] (e.g., number of syntactical errors, alignment of elements). Values for each property can be calculated for each intermediate state.…”

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“…Values for each property can be calculated for each intermediate state. For this, we build upon infrastructure from the Austrian funded ModErARe project [19].…”

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Measuring and Explaining Cognitive Load During Design Activities: A Fine-Grained Approach

Weber

Neurauter

Burattin

et al. 2017

Information Systems and Neuroscience

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Abstract. Recent advances in neuro-physiological measurements resulted in reliable and objective measures of Cognitive Load (CL), e.g., using pupillary responses. However, continuous measurement of CL in software design activities, e.g., conceptual modeling, has received little attention. In this paper, we present the progress of our work intended to close this gap by continuously measuring cognitive load during design activities. This work aims at advancing our understanding of WHEN and WHY designers face challenges. For this, we attempt to explore and explain the occurrence of CL using fine-granular units of analysis (e.g., type of subtasks, evolution of design artifact's quality, and manner of technology use). We expect implications for the future development of intelligent software systems, which are aware WHEN a particular designer experiences challenges, but also WHY challenges occur.

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Visualization of the Evolution of Layout Metrics for Business Process Models

Cited by 4 publications

References 22 publications

Influence of diagram layout and scrolling on understandability of BPMN processes: an eye tracking experiment with BPMN diagrams

Influence of diagram layout and scrolling on understandability of BPMN processes: an eye tracking experiment with BPMN diagrams

Investigating the Trade-off Between the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Process Modeling

Measuring and Explaining Cognitive Load During Design Activities: A Fine-Grained Approach

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