Recker, Jan C. ORCID: 0000-0002-2072-5792 and Dreiling, Alexander
(2011).
The Effects of Content Presentation Format and User Characteristics on Novice Developers’ Understanding of Process Models.
Communications of the Association for Information Systems : CAIS, 28 (6).
pp. 65-84.
New York, NY:
ACM.
ISSN 1529-3181
Abstract
Process models are used by information professionals to convey semantics about the business operations in a real world domain intended to be supported by an information system. The understandability of these models is vital to them being used for information systems development. In this paper, we examine two factors that we predict will influence the understanding of a business process that novice developers obtain from a corresponding process model: the content presentation form chosen to articulate the business domain, and the user characteristics of the novice developers working with the model. Our experimental study provides evidence that novice developers obtain similar levels of understanding when confronted with an unfamiliar or a familiar process model. However, previous modeling experience, the use of English as a second language, and previous work experience in BPM are important influencing factors of model understanding. Our findings suggest that education and research in process modeling should increase the focus on human factors and how they relate to content and content presentation formats for different modeling tasks. We discuss implications for practice and research.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-88073 | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Communications of the Association for Information Systems : CAIS | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 28 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 65-84 | ||||||||||||
Date: | February 2011 | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | ACM | ||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | New York, NY | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1529-3181 | ||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences | ||||||||||||
Divisions: | Weitere Institute, Arbeits- und Forschungsgruppen > Cologne Institute for Information Systems (CIIS) Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Business Administration > Information Systems > Chair for Information Systems and Systems Development |
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Subjects: | Data processing Computer science Management and auxiliary services |
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/8807 |
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