System and method for immersive process design collaboration on mobile devices

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory to store computer program instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the computer program instructions to:
• identify a plurality of model entities, relationships among the model entities, and a distance proximity between the model entities, of a Business Process Modeling Notation design model;
• group the identified entities into distinct clusters based on the identified relationships and the distance proximity between the model entities grouped into a same cluster;
• present a model view area to display a selected view of the design model on a display area of the computing device, the model view area including:
• a predetermined model entity displayed in the model view area,
• a plurality of stacks of entities representing model entities in a collapsed and folded way, and
• each stack including grouped entities from a specific cluster arranged along a boundary edge of the predetermined model entity displayed in the model view area with at least one of the stacks containing grouped entities from a same cluster as the predetermined model entity and at least one of the stacks containing grouped entities from a different cluster as the predetermined model entity;
• and
• replace the predetermined model entity displayed in the model view area with a model entity in a stack arranged along a user selected boundary when the user navigates to the user selected boundary on the computing device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodied with program instructions for causing a computing device to execute a method for presenting a Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) design model, the method comprising:

• identifying, by a computer processor, a plurality of model entities, relationships among the model entities, and a distance proximity between the model entities, of the BPMN design model;
• grouping the identified entities into distinct clusters based on the identified relationships and the distance proximity between the model entities grouped into a same cluster;
• presenting, by the computer processor, a model view area to display a selected view of the design model on a display area of the computing device, the model view are including:
• a predetermined model entity displayed in the model view area,
• a plurality of stacks of entities representing model entities in a collapsed and folded way, and
• each stack including grouped entities from a specific cluster arranged along a boundary edge of the predetermined model entity displayed in the model view area with at least one of the stacks containing grouped entities from a same cluster as the predetermined model entity and at least one of the stacks containing grouped entities from a different cluster as the predetermined model entity;
• and
• replacing the predetermined model entity displayed in the model view area with a model entity in a stack arranged along a user selected boundary when the user navigates to the user selected boundary on the computing device.