Collaborative Process Modeling and Design: The Intersport Case Study

In order to solve the consistency and integration about process and process data that is produced in digital product collaborative development, digital collaborative design process model is presented, by detailed analyzing the integration requirement of collaborative design process and data. Based on this model, the CAX/DFX tools which are used in collaborative design are distributed and granule encapsulated by Federal Intelligent Product EnviRonment(FIPER); collaborative design process data produced by CAX/DFX tools is encapsulated based on the logic of Product Data Management (PDM) system’s workflow and is published as Webservice. FIPER is used to realize the collaborative design process flow that uses data Webservice to data exchange between PDM and uses encapsulated CAX/DFX tools to realize the design function. An example which realizes the integration of process design flow of a part is presented at the end of this paper. The collaborative design process flow is used to organize the collaborative process planning and to encapsulate the collaborative design data with Webservice in this example. The realization of this example manifested that the digital collaborative design product model has good practicability and the method of encapsulation for CAX/DFX tools and data Webservice is feasibility.

Product design tends to be more complex and needs the effective cooperation among multidisciplinary designers and engineers. An ideal product design environment, which is both collaborative and intelligent, will be much appreciated. Agent technology is an innovative and promising approach to implementing distributed systems and is becoming popular in various areas of computing in recent years. In this paper, the dynamic nature of collaborative design process and the representation of collaborative design knowledge are presented. In order to model constantly evolving design process and the rationales resulted from collaboration, a Collaborative Product Data Model (CPDM), which extends traditional Product Data Model (PDM), and a constraint-based Collaborative Design Process Model (CDPM) are proposed. These are intended to facilitate the management and coordination of collaborative product design process and knowledge management. A design example is used to illustrate CDPM. While the system is being implemented, the architecture of our agent-based collaborative product design environment based on CPDM and CDPM is described.

This chapter describes the application of MDA (Model-Driven Architecture) and UML for the modeling and specification of collaborative business processes, with the purpose of enabling enterprises to establish Business-to-Business collaborations. The proposed MDA approach provides the components and techniques required for the development of collaborative processes, from their conceptual modeling to the specifications of these processes and the partners’ interfaces in a B2B standard. As part of this MDA approach, a UML Profile is provided, which extends the semantics of UML 2 to support the analysis and design of collaborative processes. This UML Profile is based on the use of interaction protocols to model collaborative processes. The application of this UML Profile in a case study is presented. Also, an overview is provided about the automatic generation of B2B specifications from conceptual models of collaborative processes. In particular, the generation of B2B specifications based on ebXML is described.

Modelling socio-technical systems such as cyber-physical systems (CPS) is becoming increasingly complex, due to their heterogeneous and highly dynamic nature. Collaboration between multiple stakeholders is needed to deal with this complexity. While collaboration has been studied extensively in process modelling, there is a lack of research in collaborative process design. In this paper, we propose a model of collaboration in process design, based on the co-evolution of design ideas across different process designers. We show how this model can be used for testing hypotheses related to task openness, modes of collaboration, and modelling tools. Research models based on co-evolution are proposed for testing each hypothesis. The co-evolution model can advance our understanding of process design by providing a basis for empirically studying the contextual factors likely to contribute to collaborative ideation.KeywordsProcess designCollaborationSocial creativityCo-evolutionS-BPM

Business Process Management (BPM) has gained remarkable importance in research and practice in the last years. Innovative information and communication technology (ICT) is a driver for the effectiveness and efficiency of enterprise collaboration and the management of inter-organizational business processes. In this context, cooperating enterprises need a shared understanding of their own processes, those of their partners as well as of emerging inter-organizational process structures. In order to create such a shared understanding, the concept of collaborative modeling can serve as a useful approach. This article introduces a concept for collaborative business process modeling and its implementation in the CoMoMod tool. The tool supports several aspects of collaborative process modeling, such as simultaneous work of spatially distributed modelers on one process model diagram. Furthermore the tool permits synchronously creating a collaborative model with different modeling languages by automatically mapping and converting the different model representations. The proof of concept utilizes Event-driven Process Chains (EPC) and Petri Nets. The usage of an integrated chat messaging service supports communication during the process of collaboratively modeling business process.

Purpose To describe the process and outcome of a user and theory informed online intervention for speech pathologists targeting the implementation of intensive and comprehensive aphasia services. Methods The design process followed the eight steps outlined by the Behaviour Change Wheel and incorporated the principles of Integrated Knowledge Translation (IKT). Eight speech pathology researchers and clinicians from four countries (Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland) contributed to three focus groups via videoconference. Results The online platform, Aphasia Nexus: Connecting Evidence to Practice, provides resources, guidance and support for speech pathologists seeking to improve the intensity and comprehensiveness of their aphasia service. A collaborative and iterative design process facilitated the creation of an intervention envisioned by participants. Conclusions The website contains both interactive elements and resource links which have been arranged under the three headings of resources, action and support. The inclusion of multi-national researchers and clinicians benefitted a design process to make implementation more likely. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Theoretically informed implementation interventions aim to change the everyday clinical practice of health workers. An online platform has been developed to support speech pathologists’ implementation of intensive and comprehensive aphasia services. A collaborative design process can be beneficial in creating an intervention that is relevant to research-users and is more likely to be implemented.

<p>Urban development and densification are increasing rapidly; this fact has been globally reported. According to a 2014 United Nations report, the world population will increase by 25% in the next three decades. This significant growth means urban density will also increase drastically, creating an increase in high-rise apartment living quarters to cater for the population growth. Subsequently, the development of housing has been advancing - especially around construction techniques which are becoming more efficient to meet the demand of fast-growing urban populations. This thesis proposes that simply supplying housing is no longer sufficient to address the requirements of citizens. Denser living environments result in increased dissatisfaction, especially among those living in high-density housing. This research looks specifically into enabling homebuyers to voice their needs and design their living space. In this context, the social paradigm of high-density housing has not progressed much. There is still more a notion of supplying the needed quantity and homebuyers accepting the housing without question. Homebuyers, the main users of the housing, are often absent from both the planning and design process. Recent studies have shown that participation in their community is one of the key themes towards social sustainability. Many public participatory projects and platforms only allow participation in large scale urban developments and planning processes. There is a significant lack of initiatives that include homebuyers in the context of high-rise, high-density housing. The aim of this research is to explore how a computational tool within a virtual environment can facilitate and support design collaboration and interactions – not only between architects and homebuyers, but among individual and collective homebuyers too. The methodology of the research includes using focus groups to examine how digital tools can support and contribute to the collaborative design process of high-rise, high-density housing. The study is then tested with the public to determine if such design tools facilitate and support design collaborations. Three studies were undertaken: The first is a pre-tool development study. It uses a focus group to understand the factors necessary to engage homebuyers, and those factors that hinder such process. A digital tool for collaboration was then developed, based on analysis of the focus group results. A second study determines if the factors identified are sufficient for design collaboration within a digital environment. Based on this analysis, the tool was enhanced and integrated with third party visualisation software to enable the desired digital collaboration. A final study involves the public, examining whether such a design tool facilitates and supports their design collaborations. Throughout the research development, gamification techniques were introduced and adopted to further explore driving factors and to enhance design interactions. The target audience of this research is homebuyers, who are laypersons in architectural design processes and techniques. Gamification is, therefore, an effective technique to simplify the design process and enable homebuyers to immerse themselves in a collaborative design process. Virtual Reality is used at the final stage to immerse homebuyers further into the design environment and give them clearer feedback about their design decisions. The findings of the research confirm the benefits this novel collaborative design process has on the overall outcome of high-rise, high-dense buildings. It demonstrates how a virtual design tool can influence the process of consultation and procurement for homebuyers. A metadesign framework has been developed to provide a guide to the decision-making support necessary for such a collaborative design process. Finally, the research explains how such an enhanced communicative design operation can achieve the kind of synergies that break out of the current housing paradigm and take a major step forward in urban development.</p>

This study employed the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework to guide the collaborative design process between preservice and practicing teachers. The teams designed technological pedagogical mathematics tools (TPMTs) for inquiry-based learning based on the syllabi for secondary mathematics. The content of the chat messages of preservice and practicing teachers was coded with different dimensions of TPACK to unpack the process of how the teams arrived at critical design decisions. The TPMTs were further evaluated by 30 practicing mathematics teachers, with respect to three criteria: (1) technology tools and curriculum goals, (2) technology tools and teaching activities, and (3) the fit between pedagogy and technology. The content analysis revealed that the collaborative design process involved three clear stages, demarcated by the different versions of the TMPTs: replacement, enhancement, and transformation. Practicing teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge played a crucial role in the design of pedagogically sound tools, and for refining the initial TPACK of preservice teachers. The subsequent evaluations supported the positive pedagogical values of the TPMTs. Overall, this study contributes to TPACK research with a case where the collaborative design process with distributed expert knowledge can be synthesised to create pedagogically sound technological tools for mathematics.

Team member composition is an important factor in collaborative design. The purpose of this study was to explore the behavioral differences in the collaborative design process with different team members’ thinking style composition. A design process of nine design teams with three different thinking style composition types was selected from a previous study. The material was transcribed and coded according to behavior, discussion, drawing, and writing. The numbers of concepts, sketches, and consensus were also calculated. The results illustrated different behaviors with different thinking style compositions.

Collaboration is one of the effective approaches that help us to share knowledge together and exchange ideas within a team. Sometimes, novel worthy knowledge that is not held by the members emerges because of the collaboration. Such knowledge often contributes to create prime solutions in the collaboration process. However, the mechanism of generating such new knowledge is implicit. In this paper, a representation model of effects of collaboration in a design process is proposed. We can illustrate what new knowledge can be gained from a collaboration by using the proposed model.

Facilitating collaborative design: a toolkit for integrating persuasive technologies in design activities

The rapid development of information and communication technology provides many changes in the implementation of eLearning. Now, the model of collaborative learning business process becomes the implementation orientation of eLearning. Changes in the orientation of business processes also affect the business architecture. In an educational institution, eLearning business process design needs to involve elements of the institution's internal resources. It aims to anticipate the development of ICT, support the achievement of educational institution goals, and accommodate the diversity of student learning needs. This research proposes perspective of Education Enterprise Architecture (EEA) business architecture to analyze the needs of eLisa business architecture design, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Describing the design of eLisa learning process currently using modeling process data flow diagrams and use case diagrams. Process modeling analysis uses the comparison of instructional processes of eLisa learning with the instructional process of the EEA business architecture. From the comparison of the current eLisa learning process with the EEA instructional process it is evident that the development of the eLisa learning process model requires the involvement of the Directorate of Education and Teaching, Directorate of Research, Directorate of Business Development and Incubation, Directorate of Community Services, Publishers and Publications Board, Library, and Centre for Innovation and Academic Policy.

This paper presents an approach of multidisciplinary knowledge modeling for concurrent and collaborative design. Firstly, a method to acquire the knowledge from simulation and specification is studied. The knowledge is used to constitute concurrent and collaborative design model. Secondly, a concurrent and collaborative design algorithm is presented to solve the model. Finally, the method is demonstrated by a design example of bogie. The results prove that multidisciplinary knowledge modeling from simulation data and specification is feasible, and the proposed method can be applied in concurrent and collaborative design process.

To solve the problem of modeling cross-organizational business process, a method of mining the cross-organizational businessprocess model from event logs is proposed. The method describes the different aspects of the cross-organizational business processfrom three perspectives: internal perspective, public perspectiveand collaborative perspective, so as to gain the intra-organization-al process model, the inter-organizational public process model, the collaborative process model in cross-organizational collaborat-ion business. The intra-organizational process model formed bymining, analyzing and sorting the running log of the organization involved in cross-organizational collaboration. The inter-organiza-tional process model is obtained by simplifying the intra-organ-izational process model, and finally the cooperative process modelcan be modelled. Compared with the existing modeling methods, this method can protect the details of the internal business proc-ess, and provides the public process model to public only, which can effectively support the individual characteristics of thecross- organizational business process.

author(s) JPEG, glitch, portrait, perfection, digitization keywords This paper examines the role of intentional error and unpredictable outcomes in digital image manipulation as a means of commenting on aspects of perfection, aesthetics, design process and technology. Glitched: Portraits of Transformation is a series of photographic human portraits that have been altered by performing JPEG images at the level of code bits. Intense bands and blocks of color, unorthodox textures, odd overlaps and crops – combined with machine-readable alphanumeric typography and philosophical quotes – are the result of a creative, collaborative design process. Informed by theories of ‘research through design,’ ‘design authorship,’ and ‘failure studies,’ the Glitched project operates at the intersection of representation, expression and intervention. While the results can be considered as artworks, the images address deeper concerns about the confluence of digitization and the human condition through design. The images, therefore, can be interpreted as visualizations of science’s nascent field of ‘synthetic biology’ and its oncoming ethical and moral considerations. Additionally, the series represents the potential effects of physiological and behavior transformations. The designers begin with critical commentary on perfection in design followed by descriptions of their technical process in a theoretical context. Parallels of the Glitched series are drawn with the human condition, and the designers conclude with suggestions for viewer interpretation and further exploration. Human Pixels in Glitched: Portraits of Transformation Jessica Barness jbarness@kent.edu Kent State University Steven McCarthy smccarthy@umn.edu University of Minnesota strand 2 materials, techniques and processes Design often works towards an absolute of perfection: exquisite craftsmanship, high quality manufacturing, appropriately targeted function and ideal outcomes serve to propel design’s progressive agenda. This notion is expressed within the design process by beginning at the divergent thinking and creating stage (lateral, exploratory, messy, ambiguous) and progressing through the latter convergent stage (refined, linear, focused and reductive). Digitization has furthered the expectations of perfection. Binary code is stable, infinitely reproducible and widely accessible through computing devices, resulting in the delivery – assuming equal hardware and software – of near perfect images, sounds and experiences on screens from Minneapolis to Milan to Mumbai. This preoccupation with perfection can be found in modern industrial and information companies’ manufacturing credo of Six Sigma. As a means to achieve nearperfect results, Six Sigma is a “disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects (driving toward six standard deviations between the mean and the nearest specification limit) in any process – from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service.” (‘What is Six-Sigma’ n.d.) Using Six Sigma’s tenets, a company strives for a manufacturing rate of 99.99966% perfection, or no more than 3.4 imperfect parts Blucher Design Proceedings Dezembro de 2014, Numero 5, Volume 1 www.proceedings.blucher.com.br/evento/icdhs2014 Barness, Jessica; McCarthy, Steven; Performing Human Pixels in Glitched: Portraits of Transformation, p. 499-504 . In: Tradition, Transition, Tragectories: major or minor influences? [=ICDHS 2014 9th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies]. Sao Paulo: Blucher, 2014. ISSN 2318-6968, DOI 10.5151/despro-icdhs2014-0071 500 strand 2 materials, techniques and processes theme 4 technology