Synchronous gesture manipulation for collaboration and coordination of co-located Business Process Modelling

Autor: Brenda Scholtz, Andre Calitz, Irene Snyman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: South African Computer Journal, Vol 0, Iss 57 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1015-7999
2313-7835
DOI: 10.18489/sacj.v0i57.269
Popis: The purpose of this study was to investigate approaches (techniques and technologies) for the coordination of collaborative tasks using synchronous gesture manipulation. Business Process Modelling (BPM) tasks are often performed in teams of modellers who need to collaborate with each other in order to coordinate and integrate their individual contributions into the various process models in a co-located environment. These collaborative BPM tasks were used as a case study in order to develop the artifact (the BPM-Touch approach) as a proof of concept. The BPM-Touch approach allows for the coordination and collaboration of BPM tasks in co-located modelling teams using synchronous gesture manipulation approaches. The Design Science Research (DSR) methodology was used and several cycles of developing and evaluating the artifact took place. This paper reports on the last cycle and set of evaluations. The proposed approach was implemented in a BPM software package in order to provide empirical validation. Usability evaluations of the software were undertaken with both students and BPM professionals as participants. The empirical results of the evaluations revealed that the participants found the approach to be effective and rated the usability and satisfaction of the collaboration and gesture manipulation aspects of the software positively.
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