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BPMN Requirements Specification as Narrative

Authors:
Sabah Al-Fedaghi

Keywords: Activity diagram, BPMN, UML, conceptual model, narrative

Abstract:
The first two phases of the software development process include a requirements analysis stage that demands conceptualization of a “real world domain” and the design stage of the software product. UML-based diagrams are typically used to model systems and make them readable. In this paper we view conceptualization of a piece of reality related to a software system as analogous to a narrative or script created to describe a sequence of events. As an application area, we concentrate on activity diagrams used in BPMN. Examination of typical BPMN representation shows that the resultant picture is fragmented into conceptual gaps and discontinuities. Based on such a perspective, the focus is on maintaining continuity across parts and along the production process of software. To preserve continuity, we propose using the notion of flow as an initial foundation for the conceptualization process.

Pages: 68 to 75

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: February 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4375

ISBN: 978-1-61208-121-2

Location: Gosier, Guadeloupe, France

Dates: from February 23, 2011 to February 28, 2011