SeeMe2BPMN: Extending the socio-technical walkthrough with BPMN

Abstract

This work introduces a tool that converts socio-technical SeeMe diagrams to BPMN diagrams within the scope of the Socio-Technical Walkthrough (STWT) method. SeeMe is the established modeling notation for performing the method. STWT analyzes the requirements of a process and captures the different views of stakeholders in a workshop setting with considering the socio-technical aspects. The tool extends the STWT to have more capabilities and improve the accessibility of the generated results as BPMN is a highly well-known notation across different domains. For providing this tool we first introduce the involved modeling aspects for socio-technical systems. Following, we point out similarities and differences of both involved modeling notations. Based on the elaborations we established conversion rules to match the expectation for BPMN diagrams while preserving as much information as possible from the SeeMe diagrams. Additionally, the visualization of the generated BPMN diagram is described. We demonstrate the tool’s generated results by comparing them with the elaborated rules. Furthermore, we compare the converted diagram with the expectation that a modeler of BPMN would possibly have.