Understanding quality in declarative process modeling through the mental models of experts

Amine Abbad Andaloussi; Christopher J. Davis; Andrea Burattin; Hugo A. López; Tijs Slaats; Barbara Weber

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58666-9_24

Understanding quality in declarative process modeling through the mental models of experts

Amine Abbad Andaloussi^*, Christopher J. Davis, Andrea Burattin, Hugo A. López, Tijs Slaats, Barbara Weber

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Abstract

Imperative process models have become immensely popular. However, their use is usually limited to rigid and repetitive processes. Considering the inherent flexibility in most processes in the real-world and the increased need for managing knowledge-intensive processes, the adoption of declarative languages becomes more pertinent than ever. While the quality of imperative models has been extensively investigated in the literature, little is known about the dimensions affecting the quality of declarative models. This work takes an advanced stride to investigate the quality of declarative models. Following the theory of Personal Construct Psychology (PCT), our research introduces a novel method within the Business Process Management (BPM) field to explore quality in the eyes of expert modelers. The findings of this work summarize the dimensions defining the quality of declarative models. The outcome shows the potential of PCT as a basis to discover quality dimensions and advances our understanding of quality in declarative process models.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Business Process Management : 18th International Conference, BPM 2020, Seville, Spain, September 13–18, 2020, Proceedings
Number of pages	18
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2020
Pages	417-434
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-58665-2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-58666-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58666-9_24
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	18th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2020 - Seville, Spain Duration: 13 Sep 2020 → 18 Sep 2020

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2020
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Seville
Period	13/09/2020 → 18/09/2020

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12168
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

Declarative process models
Model quality
Personal construct psychology
Process model understandability
Repertory Grid

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Abbad Andaloussi, A., Davis, C. J., Burattin, A., López, H. A., Slaats, T., & Weber, B. (2020). Understanding quality in declarative process modeling through the mental models of experts. In Business Process Management: 18th International Conference, BPM 2020, Seville, Spain, September 13–18, 2020, Proceedings (pp. 417-434). Springer. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 12168 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58666-9_24

Understanding quality in declarative process modeling through the mental models of experts. / Abbad Andaloussi, Amine; Davis, Christopher J.; Burattin, Andrea; López, Hugo A.; Slaats, Tijs; Weber, Barbara.

Business Process Management: 18th International Conference, BPM 2020, Seville, Spain, September 13–18, 2020, Proceedings. Springer, 2020. p. 417-434 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 12168 ).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

Abbad Andaloussi, A, Davis, CJ, Burattin, A, López, HA, Slaats, T & Weber, B 2020, Understanding quality in declarative process modeling through the mental models of experts. in Business Process Management: 18th International Conference, BPM 2020, Seville, Spain, September 13–18, 2020, Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12168 , pp. 417-434, 18th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2020, Seville, Spain, 13/09/2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58666-9_24

Abbad Andaloussi A, Davis CJ, Burattin A, López HA, Slaats T, Weber B. Understanding quality in declarative process modeling through the mental models of experts. In Business Process Management: 18th International Conference, BPM 2020, Seville, Spain, September 13–18, 2020, Proceedings. Springer. 2020. p. 417-434. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 12168 ). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58666-9_24

Abbad Andaloussi, Amine ; Davis, Christopher J. ; Burattin, Andrea ; López, Hugo A. ; Slaats, Tijs ; Weber, Barbara. / Understanding quality in declarative process modeling through the mental models of experts. Business Process Management: 18th International Conference, BPM 2020, Seville, Spain, September 13–18, 2020, Proceedings. Springer, 2020. pp. 417-434 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 12168 ).

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