Visual process language: an environment that enhances inventiveness in the system development process-A theoretical perspective

The authors provide a theoretical perspective on the effect of computer support on creativity. The assertion is made that artifacts of information systems (ISs) do not substantially differ from those of art and science, and that the creative processes leading to the artifacts are similar. The autors further propose that the use of newly available computer technology, specifically, the visual process language (VPL), will have much to offer in terms of augmenting creativity when constructing IS artifacts. They postulate that VPL assists the first insight, preparation, and illumination steps of the creative process, and that both association/images and progressive abstraction techniques are embedded in VPL