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Activity Diagrams: Activity Diagrams Describe The Workflow Behavior of A System
Activity Diagrams: Activity Diagrams Describe The Workflow Behavior of A System
Activity1()c Activity2()
1. Activities
Notation - 2
[x>0]
[x>0]
Activity1()c
[x=0] [x=0]
[x<0] [x<0]
3. Decision Diamond
Notation - 3
{AND}
{OR}
{XOR}
Notation - 3
Application/Department/Group/Role Boundaries
Example: Business Level Activity Diagram
of the Library
member Librarian
[borrower]
Find book on shelf
[returning]
[returner]
Wait in queue
[borrowing]
Record borrowing
Purpose
– Model business workflows
– Model operations
Activity Diagrams (2)
Events start from start symbol and end with finish marker
having activities in between connected by events.
Diagrams are read from top to bottom and have branches and
forks to describe conditions and parallel activities.
– A fork is used when multiple activities are occurring at the same
time.
Define:
– Activity diagram