Evaluation of the Event-driven Process Chain Notation

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Thank you for visiting this survey web page. This survey is part of my PhD study on the user acceptance of, and satisfaction with, the Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) notation. You have been recommended to me as an expert in process modelling using EPCs. Due to your experience, I would highly appreciate if you could help me in my PhD study by completing this survey.

Purpose of the research

The aim of my PhD study is to develop an understanding of the shortcomings and capabilities of the EPCs for process modelling as well as the factors that influence individual process modellers' continued use of EPCs.

This study is being conducted as part of a joint research project at the Business Process Management Group at Queensland University of Technology and the UQ Business School at The University of Queensland. If you would like to obtain further information about this project, please visit our web page www.bpm.fit.qut.edu.au/projects/acceptance/.

Participation and procedures

The data collection will be conducted through a Web-based survey, which has been designed for EPC users, which means that anyone that uses EPCs to create process models for whatever purpose is welcome and encouraged to participate.

Participation in this study is purely voluntary. If you do agree to participate, you can withdraw from participation at any time during the project without comment or penalty. Your decision to participate or withdraw will in no way impact upon your current or future relationship with QUT or UQ.

Your participation in this study will consist of completing the survey, which will take about fifteen (15) minutes.

Expected benefits and participation rewards

Your participation in this study is expected to lead to improvements in EPCs, which will potentially increase the ease with which you are able to complete your modelling tasks in the future.

As a token of my appreciation for your valuable time and assistance I would like to offer the following rewards to you and to your organization for participating in this survey:

If you provide your contact details at the end of this survey, you will receive summarized results of this study, should you choose this option.
We will provide you with access to articles on recent studies and findings on EPCs once you have completed the survey, should you choose this option. These articles are published in high quality proceedings and are normally not accessible by third parties or individuals.
We will offer a training seminar on process modelling in selected Australian and American cities in the second half of 2007 to every participating organization after completion of this phase of the study, should you choose this option. Further information on our process modelling seminar will be provided at the end of the survey.
You also have the chance to receive a free copy of the following book, should you choose this option (there are 25 books to be given away to randomly selected survey participants).

Title: Process-Aware Information Systems: Bridging People and Software Through Process Technology

Editors: Marlon Dumas, Wil M. van der Aalst, Arthur H. ter Hofstede

ISBN: 0-471-66306-9

Hardcover, 432 pages, published September 2005

Recommended Retail Price: US $105.00

Confidentiality and risks

All data, comments and responses from this survey will be treated and stored strictly confidential and anonymous. The names of individual persons or organizations are not required in any of the responses. You and your position will not be identified from any outcomes of this study. You will not be asked to disclose any confidential or sensitive information about you or the organization you may be affiliated with. Potential identifying information of yours will be used only for the purpose of providing you with a summary of results should you choose this option. All responses will be stored electronically without reference to names of individual persons. There are no risks associated with your participation in this study.

Instructions and guidelines for completing the survey

Work as quickly as you can from the front of the survey to the back.
You must answer all questions in order to proceed unless stated otherwise.
To amend an answer, simply click on the desired answer to erase the previous selection.
In answering the questions within the survey, please provide responses only based on your own perceptions or beliefs.
All responses should be based upon what you are or have been doing and not what you should or what you plan to do.
Please refer in your responses to the use of the EPCs only and not the modelling tool that you use to create EPC models, or the process modelling conventions established in your organization for modelling with EPCs, unless stated otherwise.
Please remember that your answers are anonymous and answer each question honestly.

Questions and further information

QUT is committed to researcher integrity and the ethical conduct of research projects. However, if you do have any concerns or complaints about the ethical conduct of the project you may contact the QUT Research Ethics Officer at telephone number +61 (07) 3138 2340 or email ethicscontact@qut.edu.au. The Researcher Ethics Officer is not connected with the research project and can facilitate a resolution to your concern in an impartial manner.

You may ask any questions concerning this research and have those questions at any time before, during of after you agreed to participate. Also, should you encounter any difficulties in responding, or if you would like to obtain additional information or have any queries, you may contact Jan Recker (chief investigator) at telephone number +61 (07) 3138 9478 or email j.recker@qut.edu.au.

Consent

By clicking the “I agree to participate” button below, you are voluntarily making the decision to participate in this study and you are indicating that you:

have read and understood the information about this project;
have had any questions answered to your satisfaction;
understand that if you have any additional questions you can contact the Chief Investigator;
understand that you are free to withdraw at any time, without comment or penalty;
understand that you can contact the research team if you have any questions about the project, or the Research Ethics Officer if you have concerns about the ethical conduct of the project.