Guidelines

The previous guidelines were developed in order to support designers who are already familiar with the domain of business process modeling but lack knowledge/understanding of fCM. Information on the Data Modeler, Fragment Modeler, OLC Modeler, and Termination Condition (former Goal State) Modeler are available in the guideline section of the former projects wiki. We added new guidelines for the Objective Modeler and Dependency Modeler which are grouped by the affected modeler.

When adding new Guidelines we adapted the previously defined style guide. Therefore a guideline consists of three required components (ID, Name and Description) and three optional components (Example, Motivation and References).

• ID: A combination of a letter (first letter of the artifact) and a number uniquely identifies a guideline. For example, "F1" for the first guideline for fragments. This is only for easier assignment.
• Name: A short, concise name for the guideline that briefly tells the designer what it contains. Description: This explanation describes the guideline and its content in more detail.
• Example: It is used to visualize the content of the guideline and to make it easier to understand the guideline. However, as it is not always possible to provide a helpful example, this component is optional.
• Motivation: Some guidelines cannot be derived directly from fCM, because the modeling approach often allows several ways to model a situation. However, based on the context and content of the process, one option should be preferred. The rationale for this is provided in this component.
• References: A list of literature for further information. This includes sources that have led to the theoretical foundation and formulation of the guideline.