A graphical representation schema for the software process modeling language MVP-L
Alfred Bröckers, Christiane M. Differding, Barbara Hoisl, Frank Kollnischko, Christopher M. Lott, Jürgen Münch, Martin Verlage, Stefan Vorwieger · 1995
Experience gathered from applying the software process modeling language MVP---L in software development organizations has shown the need for graphical representations of process models. Project members (i.e., non MVP---L specialists) review models much more easily by using graphical representations. Although several various graphical notations were developed for individual projects in which MVP---L was applied, there was previously no consistent definition of a mapping between textual MVP---L models and graphical representations. This report defines a graphical representation schema for MVP---L descriptions and combines previous results in a unified form. A basic set of building blocks (i.e., graphical symbols and text fragments) is defined, but because we must first gain experience with the new symbols, only rudimentary guidelines are given for composing basic symbols into a graphical representation of a model.