Modeling styles in business process modeling

Jakob Pinggera; Pnina Soffer; Stefan Zugal; Barbara Weber; Matthias Weidlich; Dirk Fahland; Hajo A. Reijers; Jan Mendling

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31072-0_11

Modeling styles in business process modeling

Jakob Pinggera, Pnina Soffer, Stefan Zugal, Barbara Weber, Matthias Weidlich, Dirk Fahland, Hajo A. Reijers, Jan Mendling

Department of Information Systems

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Abstract

Research on quality issues of business process models has recently begun to explore the process of creating process models. As a consequence, the question arises whether different ways of creating process models exist. In this vein, we observed 115 students engaged in the act of modeling, recording all their interactions with the modeling environment using a specialized tool. The recordings of process modeling were subsequently clustered. Results presented in this paper suggest the existence of three distinct modeling styles, exhibiting significantly different characteristics. We believe that this finding constitutes another building block toward a more comprehensive understanding of the process of process modeling that will ultimately enable us to support modelers in creating better business process models.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 13th International Conference, BPMDS 2012, 17th International Conference, EMMSAD 2012 and 5th EuroSymposium, Held at CAiSE 2012, Proc.
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	151-166
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783642310713
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31072-0_11
State	Published - 2012
Event	13th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2012, 17th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design, EMMSAD 2012 and 5th EuroSymposium 2012, Held at CAiSE 2012 - Gdansk, Poland Duration: 25 Jun 2012 → 26 Jun 2012

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	113 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2012, 17th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design, EMMSAD 2012 and 5th EuroSymposium 2012, Held at CAiSE 2012
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Gdansk
Period	25/06/12 → 26/06/12

Keywords

business process modeling
cluster analysis
modeling styles
process of process modeling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Management Information Systems
Business and International Management
Information Systems
Modeling and Simulation
Information Systems and Management

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Pinggera, J., Soffer, P., Zugal, S., Weber, B., Weidlich, M., Fahland, D., Reijers, H. A., & Mendling, J. (2012). Modeling styles in business process modeling. In Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 13th International Conference, BPMDS 2012, 17th International Conference, EMMSAD 2012 and 5th EuroSymposium, Held at CAiSE 2012, Proc. (pp. 151-166). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 113 LNBIP). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31072-0_11

Pinggera, Jakob ; Soffer, Pnina ; Zugal, Stefan et al. / Modeling styles in business process modeling. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 13th International Conference, BPMDS 2012, 17th International Conference, EMMSAD 2012 and 5th EuroSymposium, Held at CAiSE 2012, Proc.. Springer Verlag, 2012. pp. 151-166 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Pinggera, J, Soffer, P, Zugal, S, Weber, B, Weidlich, M, Fahland, D, Reijers, HA & Mendling, J 2012, Modeling styles in business process modeling. in Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 13th International Conference, BPMDS 2012, 17th International Conference, EMMSAD 2012 and 5th EuroSymposium, Held at CAiSE 2012, Proc.. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 113 LNBIP, Springer Verlag, pp. 151-166, 13th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2012, 17th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design, EMMSAD 2012 and 5th EuroSymposium 2012, Held at CAiSE 2012, Gdansk, Poland, 25/06/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31072-0_11

Modeling styles in business process modeling. / Pinggera, Jakob; Soffer, Pnina; Zugal, Stefan et al.
Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 13th International Conference, BPMDS 2012, 17th International Conference, EMMSAD 2012 and 5th EuroSymposium, Held at CAiSE 2012, Proc.. Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 151-166 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 113 LNBIP).

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