Abstract
The Physics of Notations [9] (PoN) is a design theory presenting nine principles that can be used to evaluate and improve the cognitive effectiveness of a visual notation. The PoN has been used to analyze existing standard visual notations (such as BPMN, UML, etc.), and is commonly used for evaluating newly introduced visual notations and their extensions. However, due to the rather vague and abstract formulation of the PoN’s principles, they have received different interpretations in their operationalization. To address this problem, there have been attempts to formalize the principles, however only a very limited number of principles was covered. This research-in-progress paper aims to better understand the difficulties inherent in operationalizing the PoN, and better separate aspects of PoN, which can potentially be formulated in mathematical terms from those grounded in user-specific considerations.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 17th International Conference, BPMDS 2016, 21st International Conference, EMMSAD 2016, Held at CAiSE 2016, Proceedings |
Editors | Rainer Schmidt, Ilia Bider, Sérgio Guerreiro, Wided Guédria |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Pages | 448-462 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319394282 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2016 |
Event | 17th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2016 and 21st International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design, EMMSAD 2016 held at Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2016 - Ljubljana, Slovenia Duration: 13 Jun 2016 → 14 Jun 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing |
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Volume | 248 |
ISSN (Print) | 1865-1348 |
Conference
Conference | 17th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2016 and 21st International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design, EMMSAD 2016 held at Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2016 |
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Country/Territory | Slovenia |
City | Ljubljana |
Period | 13/06/16 → 14/06/16 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
Keywords
- Cognitive effectiveness
- Operationalization
- Physics of notations
- Visual notations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Management Information Systems
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Business and International Management
- Information Systems
- Modeling and Simulation
- Information Systems and Management