TY - GEN
T1 - Measuring method complexity
T2 - 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
AU - Recker, Jan
AU - Muehlen, Michael Zur
AU - Siau, Keng
AU - Erickson, John
AU - Indulska, Marta
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Graphical models are used to depict relevant aspects of real-world domains intended to be supported by an information system. Various approaches for modeling exist and approaches such as object-oriented and process-oriented modeling methods are in widespread use. These modeling methods differ in their expressive power as well as in their complexity of use, thereby leading to an important investment decision for organizations seeking to conduct modeling projects. In this paper, we used an established approach for evaluating the complexity of conceptual modeling methods and compared two important industry standards for modeling, Unified Modeling Language and Business Process Modeling Notation, based on their complexity. Our research finds that BPMN has very high levels of complexity when contrasted with UML.
AB - Graphical models are used to depict relevant aspects of real-world domains intended to be supported by an information system. Various approaches for modeling exist and approaches such as object-oriented and process-oriented modeling methods are in widespread use. These modeling methods differ in their expressive power as well as in their complexity of use, thereby leading to an important investment decision for organizations seeking to conduct modeling projects. In this paper, we used an established approach for evaluating the complexity of conceptual modeling methods and compared two important industry standards for modeling, Unified Modeling Language and Business Process Modeling Notation, based on their complexity. Our research finds that BPMN has very high levels of complexity when contrasted with UML.
KW - BPMN
KW - Complexity
KW - Object-oriented modeling
KW - Process modeling
KW - UML
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870374884
SN - 9781615675814
T3 - 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
SP - 4444
EP - 4452
BT - 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Y2 - 6 August 2009 through 9 August 2009
ER -