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Analyzing Model Element Labels of BPMN Diagrams Provided on the Web

Authors:
Christian Kop

Keywords: Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN); Labels of Model Elements; Collaboration Diagrams; Choreography Diagrams; Conversation Diagrams

Abstract:
The Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) is the de-facto standard for process modeling. It provides four types of diagrams to cover different aspects of process modeling, ranging from process specifications itself to the specification of the interactions between the involved participants at different level of abstractions. These different types of Diagrams are Process Diagram, Collaboration Diagram, Choreography Diagram and Conversation Diagram. For all BPMN models of any of these diagram types, it is important that they are understandable to all stakeholders. The Web provides many examples of these different diagrams types. Enterprises and consultants, who offer technical solutions (i.e., BPMN tools) or consulting services for BPMN, provide these examples. Since such models are provided on the Web as introductory learning examples, such examples can also influence novice BPMN modelers. Therefore, it is worth to examine if such examples have the same quality standards as suggested in the literature. This paper, therefore, focuses on the analysis of such BPMN examples. Particularly, it focuses on the labels of model elements, since these labels represent the relationship between a BPMN model and a certain domain. Hence, this paper shows results of the analysis of model element labels that appear in Process Diagrams Collaboration Diagrams, Choreography Diagram and Conversation Diagrams.

Pages: 122 to 133

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2020. Used with permission.

Publication date: December 30, 2020

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-2652