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Christian R Prause - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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reputation based self management of software Process Artifact quality in consortium research projects
Foundations of Software Engineering, 2011Co-Authors: Christian R PrauseAbstract:This paper proposes a PhD research that deals with improving internal documentation in software projects. Software developers often do not like to create documentation because it has few value to the individual himself. Yet the purpose of internal documentation is to help others understand the software and the problem it addresses. Documentation increases development speed, reduces software maintenance costs, helps to keep development on track, and mitigates the negative effects of distance in distributed settings. This research aims to increase the individuals' motivation to write documentation by means of reputation. The CollabReview prototype is a web-based reputation system that analyzes Artifacts of internal documentation to derive personal reputation scores. Developers making many good contributions will achieve higher reputation scores. These scores can then be employed to softly influence developer behavior, e.g. by incentivizing them to contribute to documentation with social rewards. No strict rule enforcement is necessary.
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SIGSOFT FSE - Reputation-based self-management of software Process Artifact quality in consortium research projects
Proceedings of the 19th ACM SIGSOFT symposium and the 13th European conference on Foundations of software engineering - SIGSOFT FSE '11, 2011Co-Authors: Christian R PrauseAbstract:This paper proposes a PhD research that deals with improving internal documentation in software projects. Software developers often do not like to create documentation because it has few value to the individual himself. Yet the purpose of internal documentation is to help others understand the software and the problem it addresses. Documentation increases development speed, reduces software maintenance costs, helps to keep development on track, and mitigates the negative effects of distance in distributed settings. This research aims to increase the individuals' motivation to write documentation by means of reputation. The CollabReview prototype is a web-based reputation system that analyzes Artifacts of internal documentation to derive personal reputation scores. Developers making many good contributions will achieve higher reputation scores. These scores can then be employed to softly influence developer behavior, e.g. by incentivizing them to contribute to documentation with social rewards. No strict rule enforcement is necessary.
Barbara Weber - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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On the declarative paradigm in hybrid business Process representations: A conceptual framework and a systematic literature study
Information Systems, 2020Co-Authors: Amine Abbad Andaloussi, Andrea Burattin, Tijs Slaats, Ekkart Kindler, Barbara WeberAbstract:Abstract Process modeling plays a central role in the development of today’s Process-aware information systems both on the management level (e.g., providing input for requirements elicitation and fostering communication) and on the enactment level (providing a blue-print for Process execution and enabling simulation). The literature comprises a variety of Process modeling approaches proposing different modeling languages (i.e., imperative and declarative languages) and different types of Process Artifact support (i.e., Process models, textual Process descriptions, and guided simulations). However, the use of an individual modeling language or a single type of Process Artifact is usually not enough to provide a clear and concise understanding of the Process. To overcome this limitation, a set of so-called “hybrid” approaches combining languages and Artifacts have been proposed, but no common grounds have been set to define and categorize them. This work aims at providing a fundamental understanding of these hybrid approaches by defining a unified terminology, providing a conceptual framework and proposing an overarching overview to identify and analyze them. Since no common terminology has been used in the literature, we combined existing concepts and ontologies to define a “Hybrid Business Process Representation” (HBPR). Afterwards, we conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify and investigate the characteristics of HBPRs combining imperative and declarative languages or Artifacts. The SLR resulted in 30 articles which were analyzed. The results indicate the presence of two distinct research lines and show common motivations driving the emergence of HBPRs, a limited maturity of existing approaches, and diverse application domains. Moreover, the results are synthesized into a taxonomy classifying different types of representations. Finally, the outcome of the study is used to provide a research agenda delineating the directions for future work.
Amine Abbad Andaloussi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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On the declarative paradigm in hybrid business Process representations: A conceptual framework and a systematic literature study
Information Systems, 2020Co-Authors: Amine Abbad Andaloussi, Andrea Burattin, Tijs Slaats, Ekkart Kindler, Barbara WeberAbstract:Abstract Process modeling plays a central role in the development of today’s Process-aware information systems both on the management level (e.g., providing input for requirements elicitation and fostering communication) and on the enactment level (providing a blue-print for Process execution and enabling simulation). The literature comprises a variety of Process modeling approaches proposing different modeling languages (i.e., imperative and declarative languages) and different types of Process Artifact support (i.e., Process models, textual Process descriptions, and guided simulations). However, the use of an individual modeling language or a single type of Process Artifact is usually not enough to provide a clear and concise understanding of the Process. To overcome this limitation, a set of so-called “hybrid” approaches combining languages and Artifacts have been proposed, but no common grounds have been set to define and categorize them. This work aims at providing a fundamental understanding of these hybrid approaches by defining a unified terminology, providing a conceptual framework and proposing an overarching overview to identify and analyze them. Since no common terminology has been used in the literature, we combined existing concepts and ontologies to define a “Hybrid Business Process Representation” (HBPR). Afterwards, we conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify and investigate the characteristics of HBPRs combining imperative and declarative languages or Artifacts. The SLR resulted in 30 articles which were analyzed. The results indicate the presence of two distinct research lines and show common motivations driving the emergence of HBPRs, a limited maturity of existing approaches, and diverse application domains. Moreover, the results are synthesized into a taxonomy classifying different types of representations. Finally, the outcome of the study is used to provide a research agenda delineating the directions for future work.
Tijs Slaats - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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On the declarative paradigm in hybrid business Process representations: A conceptual framework and a systematic literature study
Information Systems, 2020Co-Authors: Amine Abbad Andaloussi, Andrea Burattin, Tijs Slaats, Ekkart Kindler, Barbara WeberAbstract:Abstract Process modeling plays a central role in the development of today’s Process-aware information systems both on the management level (e.g., providing input for requirements elicitation and fostering communication) and on the enactment level (providing a blue-print for Process execution and enabling simulation). The literature comprises a variety of Process modeling approaches proposing different modeling languages (i.e., imperative and declarative languages) and different types of Process Artifact support (i.e., Process models, textual Process descriptions, and guided simulations). However, the use of an individual modeling language or a single type of Process Artifact is usually not enough to provide a clear and concise understanding of the Process. To overcome this limitation, a set of so-called “hybrid” approaches combining languages and Artifacts have been proposed, but no common grounds have been set to define and categorize them. This work aims at providing a fundamental understanding of these hybrid approaches by defining a unified terminology, providing a conceptual framework and proposing an overarching overview to identify and analyze them. Since no common terminology has been used in the literature, we combined existing concepts and ontologies to define a “Hybrid Business Process Representation” (HBPR). Afterwards, we conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify and investigate the characteristics of HBPRs combining imperative and declarative languages or Artifacts. The SLR resulted in 30 articles which were analyzed. The results indicate the presence of two distinct research lines and show common motivations driving the emergence of HBPRs, a limited maturity of existing approaches, and diverse application domains. Moreover, the results are synthesized into a taxonomy classifying different types of representations. Finally, the outcome of the study is used to provide a research agenda delineating the directions for future work.
Andrea Burattin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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On the declarative paradigm in hybrid business Process representations: A conceptual framework and a systematic literature study
Information Systems, 2020Co-Authors: Amine Abbad Andaloussi, Andrea Burattin, Tijs Slaats, Ekkart Kindler, Barbara WeberAbstract:Abstract Process modeling plays a central role in the development of today’s Process-aware information systems both on the management level (e.g., providing input for requirements elicitation and fostering communication) and on the enactment level (providing a blue-print for Process execution and enabling simulation). The literature comprises a variety of Process modeling approaches proposing different modeling languages (i.e., imperative and declarative languages) and different types of Process Artifact support (i.e., Process models, textual Process descriptions, and guided simulations). However, the use of an individual modeling language or a single type of Process Artifact is usually not enough to provide a clear and concise understanding of the Process. To overcome this limitation, a set of so-called “hybrid” approaches combining languages and Artifacts have been proposed, but no common grounds have been set to define and categorize them. This work aims at providing a fundamental understanding of these hybrid approaches by defining a unified terminology, providing a conceptual framework and proposing an overarching overview to identify and analyze them. Since no common terminology has been used in the literature, we combined existing concepts and ontologies to define a “Hybrid Business Process Representation” (HBPR). Afterwards, we conducted a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify and investigate the characteristics of HBPRs combining imperative and declarative languages or Artifacts. The SLR resulted in 30 articles which were analyzed. The results indicate the presence of two distinct research lines and show common motivations driving the emergence of HBPRs, a limited maturity of existing approaches, and diverse application domains. Moreover, the results are synthesized into a taxonomy classifying different types of representations. Finally, the outcome of the study is used to provide a research agenda delineating the directions for future work.