Table 4

User stories elicited from exploration interviews. Columns “Degree of Support” and “Tools” show examples of process mining tools that have the functionality that corresponds to the respective user story

#User storyBased on findingDegree of supportTools
 As a process analyst, I want to …   
US1… see the process models of the old process and the improved process, so I can assess changes in the activities and the pathsF1Fully PartiallyAll 16 (“As-is process visualisation” feature)
US2… see waiting times between activities, so I can improve the long waiting timesF7FullyAll 16
US3… see the processing times of activities, so I can investigate what slows processing timesF7FullyAll 16
US4… understand how many cases of the process are involved in the improvement opportunity, so I can assess its impact on the processF4Mostly13 (“Case and activity list” feature: 1–3, 5–7, 9–11, 13–16)
US5… see the statistics of the old process and the improved process, so I can assess how much a certain improvement would change the processF8Partially5 (“Scenario simulation” feature: 4, 5, 7, 11, 15)
US6… adjust KPIs when I clarify them with management, so I suggest improvements that help reach the KPIsF2Mostly10 (“Custom metrics/KPIs feature”: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10–12, 14–16)
US7… understand whether the improvement opportunity is internal to the process, so I recommend changes that can be implemented within the organization or departmentF5None 
US8… prioritize improvement opportunities, so I can choose the ones where the financial gains are the biggestF6None 
US9… see the most valuable improvement opportunities for different KPIs, so I can present them from the perspective of those KPIsF7Mostly10 (“Custom metrics/KPIs feature”: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10–12, 14–16)
NoneAutomatic improvement opportunity identification (none)
US10… communicate the performance information in a self-explanatory way, so the users have an overview of the improvement opportunities without additional commentsF9, F10Mostly14 (“Custom dashboards” feature: 1–5, 9–16)

Note(s): Tools list in  Appendix 5

Source(s): Authors' own work; Based on Loyola-González (2022) 

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