An Evaluation of the Intuitiveness of the PGA Modeling Language Notation

B.F.C. Roelens; Dominik Bork

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49418-6_27

An Evaluation of the Intuitiveness of the PGA Modeling Language Notation

B.F.C. Roelens^*
, Dominik Bork

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Process-Goal Alignment (PGA) modeling method is a domain-specific modeling language that aims to achieve strategic fit of the business strategy with the internal infrastructure and processes. To ensure the acceptance and correct understanding of PGA models by business-oriented end-users, an intuitively understandable notation is of paramount importance. However, the current PGA notation was not formally tested up to now. In the paper at hand, we apply an evaluation technique for testing the intuitiveness of domain-specific modeling languages to bridge that research gap. Based on an analysis of the tasks, we propose improvements to six elements of the initial PGA notation. Our research contributes a comprehensive description of the empirical modeling language evaluation, which enables the reproducibility of the evaluation procedure by the conceptual modeling community.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling
Subtitle of host publication	21st International Conference, BPMDS 2020, 25th International Conference, EMMSAD 2020, Held at CAiSE 2020, Grenoble, France, June 8–9, 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Selmin Nurcan, Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Pnina Soffer, Jelena Zdravkovic
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Chapter	27
Pages	395-410
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-49418-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-49417-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49418-6_27
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	21st International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support - Online, Grenoble, France Duration: 8 Jun 2020 → 9 Jun 2020 Conference number: 21 http://caise20.imag.fr/events.html

Publication series

Series	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	387
ISSN	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	21st International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support
Abbreviated title	BPMDS 20
Country/Territory	France
City	Grenoble
Period	8/06/20 → 9/06/20
Internet address	http://caise20.imag.fr/events.html

Keywords

Conceptual modeling
Intuitiveness
Modeling notation
Process-goal alignment method

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Roelens, B. F. C., & Bork, D. (2020). An Evaluation of the Intuitiveness of the PGA Modeling Language Notation. In S. Nurcan, I. Reinhartz-Berger, P. Soffer, & J. Zdravkovic (Eds.), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling: 21st International Conference, BPMDS 2020, 25th International Conference, EMMSAD 2020, Held at CAiSE 2020, Grenoble, France, June 8–9, 2020, Proceedings (pp. 395-410). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49418-6_27

Roelens, B.F.C. ; Bork, Dominik. / An Evaluation of the Intuitiveness of the PGA Modeling Language Notation. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling: 21st International Conference, BPMDS 2020, 25th International Conference, EMMSAD 2020, Held at CAiSE 2020, Grenoble, France, June 8–9, 2020, Proceedings. editor / Selmin Nurcan ; Iris Reinhartz-Berger ; Pnina Soffer ; Jelena Zdravkovic. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. pp. 395-410 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 387).

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Roelens, BFC & Bork, D 2020, An Evaluation of the Intuitiveness of the PGA Modeling Language Notation. in S Nurcan, I Reinhartz-Berger, P Soffer & J Zdravkovic (eds), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling: 21st International Conference, BPMDS 2020, 25th International Conference, EMMSAD 2020, Held at CAiSE 2020, Grenoble, France, June 8–9, 2020, Proceedings. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 387, pp. 395-410, 21st International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, Grenoble, France, 8/06/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49418-6_27

An Evaluation of the Intuitiveness of the PGA Modeling Language Notation. / Roelens, B.F.C.; Bork, Dominik.
Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling: 21st International Conference, BPMDS 2020, 25th International Conference, EMMSAD 2020, Held at CAiSE 2020, Grenoble, France, June 8–9, 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Selmin Nurcan; Iris Reinhartz-Berger; Pnina Soffer; Jelena Zdravkovic. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. p. 395-410 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 387).

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

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Roelens BFC, Bork D. An Evaluation of the Intuitiveness of the PGA Modeling Language Notation. In Nurcan S, Reinhartz-Berger I, Soffer P, Zdravkovic J, editors, Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling: 21st International Conference, BPMDS 2020, 25th International Conference, EMMSAD 2020, Held at CAiSE 2020, Grenoble, France, June 8–9, 2020, Proceedings. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 2020. p. 395-410. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 387). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-49418-6_27

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