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A 3D-Navigator for Business Process Models

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Business Process Management Workshops (BPM 2012)

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In this tool report, we present an approach to inspect and present business process models in 3D. We show our interactive 3D-software Flight Navigator. Flight Navigator supports numerous interaction paradigms that enable the user to easily present, inspect and analyse a process model in a 3D-environment. A major feature, that is part of our contribution, is the support of interactively browsing through a process (performing ’flights’). The tool provides navigational help for the user by displaying possible directions for further browsing using a head-up-display (HUD). The goal of Flight Navigator is to present, inspect and analyse business process models exploiting 3D-navigation features. At the same time, the tool is aiming to provide ease of use without cognitively overburdening the user faced with a 3D-environment.

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  1. Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany

    Philip Effinger

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  1. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Marcello La Rosa

  2. University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Pnina Soffer

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Effinger, P. (2013). A 3D-Navigator for Business Process Models. In: La Rosa, M., Soffer, P. (eds) Business Process Management Workshops. BPM 2012. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 132. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36285-9_74

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