A Comparison of BPMN and UML 2.0 Activity Diagrams
Resumo
Interest in evaluating Business Process Modeling Languages has widespread, in part due to the increase of the number of languages available for this purpose. Several works on the evaluation of BPMLs are available. Their evaluation are mainly based on perspectives centered in modeling experts. In this paper, we address the readability perspective of two BPMLs (UML 2.0 and BPMN) for people not familiar with process modeling. The UML can be tailored for purposes beyond software modeling and offers Activity Diagrams for business process modeling. BPMN was designed for modeling business process and has a primary goal of being understandable by all business stakeholders. We compared undergraduates (freshmen) understanding of business process modeled in BPMN and UML 2.0 Activity Diagrams. Our results are interesting, since we were able to find that these two languages do not have significant differences, despite BPMN readability design goals.
Palavras-chave:
BPMN, UML 2.0, Activity Diagrams
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OMG. 2004 (January). Business Process Definition Metamodel - Version 1.0.2.
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OMG. 2006. Business Process Modeling Notation Specification. Object Modeling Group.
Ould, M. 1995. Business Process – Modeling and Analysis for Reengineering and Improvement. John Wiley & Sons.
Russell, N., ter Hofsted, A.H.M., van der Aalst, W.M.P., & Mulyar, N. 2006a. Workflow Control-Flow Patterns: A Revised View. Tech. rept. BPM Center Report BPM-06-22.
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Scheer, A. W. 1999. ARIS – Business Process Modeling. 2nd edition edn. Springer Verlag.
Triola, Mario F. 2008. Introdução à Estatística. 10a. edição edn. LTC Editora.
White, Stephen A. 2004. Process Modeling Notations and Workflow Patterns.
WMC. 1998. Workflow Management Coalition. Interface 1: Process Definition Interchange Process Model, WfMC TC- 1016-M (1998).
Wohed, P., Perjons, E., Dumas, M., & ter, A. 2003. Pattern based analysis of EAI languages - the case of the business modeling language.
Wohed, Petia, van der Aalst, Wil M.P., Dumas, Marlon, ter Hofstede, Arthur H.M., & Russell, Nick. 2005. Pattern-based analysis of the control flow perspective of UML activity diagrams. In: ER 2005: 24th International Conference on Conceptual Modelling. Springer Verlag.
Wohlin, Claes, Runeson, Per, Höst, Martin, Ohlsson, Magnus C., Regnell, Björn, & Wesslén, Anders. 2000. Experimentation in Software Engineering, An Introduction. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Publicado
02/06/2008
Como Citar
PEIXOTO, Daniela C. C.; BATISTA, Vitor A.; ATAYDE, Ana P.; BORGES, Eduardo P.; RESENDE, Rodolfo F.; PÁDUA, Clarindo Isaías P. S..
A Comparison of BPMN and UML 2.0 Activity Diagrams. In: SIMPÓSIO BRASILEIRO DE QUALIDADE DE SOFTWARE (SBQS), 7. , 2008, Florianópolis.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2008
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p. 1-12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2008.15531.
