Using virtual worlds for collaborative business process modeling

• Published in: Business process management journal Vol. 17; no. 3; pp. 546 - 564
• Main Authors: Brown, Ross, Recker, Jan, West, Stephen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 07.06.2011
• Subjects: 3-D graphics; Business; Business process management; Collaboration; Computer based modeling; Decision making; Design; Design engineering; Graph representations; Information systems; International; Iterative methods; Management science; Mathematical models; Product development; Social research; Studies; Subject specialists; Tasks; Three dimensional; Virtual communities; Virtual reality; Virtual work; Modeling; Process management; Communication

Purpose - Process modeling is a complex organizational task that requires many iterations and communication between the business analysts and the domain specialists. The challenge of process modeling is exacerbated, when the process of modeling has to be performed in a cross-organizational, distribu...