Beyond arrows in process models: A user study on activity dependences and their rationales

• Published in: Information systems (Oxford) Vol. 100; p. 101762
• Main Authors: Adamo, Greta, Di Francescomarino, Chiara, Ghidini, Chiara, Maggi, Fabrizio Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Business process activity dependences; Business process engineering; Business process management; Business process modelling; Business process re-design; Business process understandability; Empirical analysis; Empirical study with human subjects; Information systems; Languages; Modelling; Redesign; Semantics; Business process re-design; Empirical study with human subjects; Business process understandability; Business process modelling; Business process activity dependences

Despite the number and variety of business process modelling languages and notations available in the Business Process Management field, all of them mainly focus on a single type of relationship holding between business process activities, namely the activity execution order within the control flow....