The Impact of Testcases on the Maintainabilityof Declarative Process Models

Stefan Zugal, Jakob Pinggera, Barbara Weber

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Abstract

Declarative approaches to process modeling are regarded well suited for highly volatile environments as they provide a high degree of flexibility. However, problems in understanding and maintaining declarative process models impede their usage. To compensate for these shortcomings Test Driven Modeling has been proposed. This paper reports from a controlled experiment evaluating the impact of Test Driven Modeling, in particular the adoption of testcases, on process model maintenance. Thereby, students modified declarative process models, one model with the support of testcases and one model without the support of testcases. Data gathered in this experiment shows that the adoption of testcases significantly lowers cognitive load and increases perceived quality of changes. In addition, modelers who had testcases at hand performed significantly more change operations, while at the same time the quality of process models did not decrease. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Number of pages15
Volume81
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date2011
Pages163-177
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 20 Jun 201121 Jun 2011
Conference number: 16

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design
Number16
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period20/06/201121/06/2011
SeriesLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
ISSN1865-1348

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