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This article explores the answer to the question of considering the process or the structure dimensions earlier, in software development where decomposition is a preferred technique for top-down model construction. In this research, an experimental study was conducted to observe which software modeling practice is more convenient: process or structural modeling, for the beginning. The study was conducted in different courses that include software modeling where students work within groups to model a system with predefined requirements. The students used Business Process Modeling Notation and Component-Oriented Software Engineering Modeling Language modeling tools. Observations based on the results are analyzed and discussed. The results seem to prioritize the process dimension.
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Cetinkaya, A., Suloglu, S., Cagri Kaya, M., Karamanlioglu, A., Tokdemir, G., Dogru, A.H. (2019). An Experimental Study on Decomposition: Process First or Structure First?. In: Shishkov, B. (eds) Business Modeling and Software Design. BMSD 2019. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 356. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24854-3_21
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