Paper Info
Title
Business process point analysis: survey experiments.
Abstract
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present business process point analysis (BPPA), a technique to measure business functional process size, based on function point analysis (FPA), and using business process model and notation (BPMN). This paper also discusses the assessment results of BPPA compared with FPA. Design/methodology/approach - Two experimental studies with participants from academia and industry were conducted. The following aspects in the experimental studies were focused: similarity, application easiness, feasibility, and application benefits. The purpose of the experiment was to assess BPPA comparing with FPA as the BPPA design followed the FPA pattern. Findings - Experimental results showed that both academia and industry groups highly rated similarity and application benefits for BPPA compared with FPA. However, only participants from industry highly rated BPPA for application easiness and feasibility. The results also showed that participants' previous experiences did not influence their ratings on BPPA. Originality/value - BPPA helps project managers to measure functional process size of business process management projects. As BPPA is derived from FPA, its mechanism is easily recognizable by project managers who are used to FPA. These results also show that both techniques are in most cases considered rather similar.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1108/BPMJ-03-2016-0061
BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
Keywords
Field
DocType
Business process management,Business process modelling,Metrics,Experimental studies,Function point analysis,Functional size measurement
Business process management,Business process,Computer science,Function point,Originality,Business process modeling,Management science,Business Process Model and Notation,Functional Size Measurement
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
23.0
2.0
1463-7154
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
18
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maruscia Baklizky111.03
Marcelo Fantinato29522.06
Lucinéia Heloisa Thom310321.87
Violeta Sun484.15
Patrick C. K. Hung565574.68