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Composite, Real-time Validation for Business Process Modelling

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Clayton Burger,

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SAICSIT '14: Proceedings of the Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference 2014 on SAICSIT 2014 Empowered by Technology

Pages 93 - 103

https://doi.org/10.1145/2664591.2664603

Published: 29 September 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Graduates with Business Process Management (BPM) competencies are highly sought after and Business Process (BP) modelling skills form an integral part of the BPM skillset. One challenge facing modellers is that only a few existing BP modelling languages have intuitive validation techniques which check for syntactic issues or rule violations. Not having an intuitive validation technique to support the effective and accurate creation of BP models can affect the success of BP modelling projects and have a negative impact on the operations of the business. In this paper a composite, real-time validation technique is proposed which provides both graphical and textual feedback. The Event-Driven Process Chain (EPC) modelling notation is used to demonstrate the proposed validation technique. Investigating the effectiveness and usability of the approach when implemented in a Microsoft Visio environment reveals that a composite, real-time validation technique reduces the volume of issues that typically are made during the modelling activity and enables modellers to distinguish between the severities of the different types of issues. The validation technique can also assist modellers in learning the rules and syntax of a modelling language.

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Stein Dani VDal Sasso Freitas CThom L(2022)Ten years of visualization of business process modelsComputer Standards & Interfaces10.1016/j.csi.2019.04.00666:COnline publication date: 20-Apr-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.csi.2019.04.006
Amjad AAzam FAnwar MButt WRashid M(2018)Event-Driven Process Chain for Modeling and Verification of Business Requirements–A Systematic Literature ReviewIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2018.27916666(9027-9048)Online publication date: 2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2791666

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Stein Dani VDal Sasso Freitas CThom L(2022)Ten years of visualization of business process modelsComputer Standards & Interfaces10.1016/j.csi.2019.04.00666:COnline publication date: 20-Apr-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.csi.2019.04.006
Amjad AAzam FAnwar MButt WRashid M(2018)Event-Driven Process Chain for Modeling and Verification of Business Requirements–A Systematic Literature ReviewIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2018.27916666(9027-9048)Online publication date: 2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2791666

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