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Notational Characteristics of Visual Notations Used in Decision Management

Authors:
Sam Leewis
Koen Smit
Matthijs Berkhout
Ruben Post
Martijn Zoet

Keywords: Decision Management; Visual Notations; Evaluation; Physics of Notations (PoN)

Abstract:
The visual representation of Information System (IS) artefacts is an important aspect of the practical application of visual representations. However, important and known visual representation principles are often undervalued, which could lead to decreased effectiveness in using a visual representation. Decision Management (DM) is one field of study in which stakeholders must be able to utilize visual notations to model business decisions and underlying business logic, which are executed by machines. In the current body of knowledge, few contributions focus on evaluating visual representation principles to identify the suitability of visual notations for stakeholders. In this paper, the Physics of Notations framework of Moody is operationalized and utilized to evaluate five different DM visual notations. The results show several points of improvement with regards to these visual notations. Furthermore, the results show the authors of DM visual notations that well-known visual representation principles need to be adequately taken into account when defining or modifying DM visual notations. Additionally, operationalization is added extending on the work of [1].

Pages: 203 to 219

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2019. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2019

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ISSN: 1942-2679