Effect of Linked Rules on Business Process Model Understanding

Wei Wang, Marta Indulska, Shazia Sadiq, Barbara Weber

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Abstract

Business process models are widely used in organizations by information systems analysts to represent complex business requirements and by business users to understand business operations and constraints. This understanding is extracted from graphical process models as well as business rules. Prior research advocated integrating business rules into business process models to improve the effectiveness of important organizational activities, such as developing shared understanding, effective communication, and process improvement. However, whether such integrated modeling can improve the understanding of business processes has not been empirically evaluated. In this paper, we report on an experiment that investigates the effect of linked rules, a specific rule integration approach, on business process model understanding. Our results indicate that linked rules are associated with better time efficiency in interpreting business operations, less mental effort, and partially associated with improved accuracy of understanding.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBusiness Process Management
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2017
Pages200-215
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-64999-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event15th International Conference on Business Process Management - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 10 Sept 201715 Sept 2017
Conference number: 15

Conference

Conference15th International Conference on Business Process Management
Number15
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period10/09/201715/09/2017
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume10445
ISSN0302-9743

Keywords

  • Business Process Modeling
  • Business Rule Modeling
  • Cognitive Research

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