Suloglu, SelmaKaya, M. CagriKaramanlioglu, AlperTokdemir, GulDogru, Ali H.Cetinkaya, Anil2020-05-122025-09-182020-05-122025-09-182019Cetinkaya, A...et al. "An Experimental Study On Decomposition: Process First or Structure First?", Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, Vol. 356, (2019).978303024854397830302485361865-13481865-1356https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24854-3_21https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12416/12294Nazlioglu, Selma/0000-0001-8609-5714; Kaya, Muhammed Cagri/0000-0001-8924-0630; Dogru, Ali Hikmet/0000-0003-0992-7024; Cetinkaya, Anil/0000-0001-7192-9894This 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.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessSoftware ModelingProcess ModelingStructural ModelingExperimental StudyConference Object10.1007/978-3-030-24854-3_212-s2.0-85069196856