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Week 11-Activity Diagram

The document explains the significance of activity diagrams in UML for illustrating the dynamic aspects of a system through flow charts that represent the flow between activities. It outlines the essential elements needed to create an activity diagram, including activities, associations, conditions, and constraints, and provides an example related to an order management system. Additionally, it discusses decision and merge nodes, as well as fork and join nodes, which are crucial for managing control flows in the diagram.

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Week 11-Activity Diagram

The document explains the significance of activity diagrams in UML for illustrating the dynamic aspects of a system through flow charts that represent the flow between activities. It outlines the essential elements needed to create an activity diagram, including activities, associations, conditions, and constraints, and provides an example related to an order management system. Additionally, it discusses decision and merge nodes, as well as fork and join nodes, which are crucial for managing control flows in the diagram.

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Process View

Dr. Huma Hayat Khan


Activity Diagram
• Activity diagram is an important diagram in UML to
describe dynamic aspects of the system.
• Activity diagram is basically a flow chart to represent
the flow from one activity to another activity. The
activity can be described as an operation of the
system.
• So the control flow is drawn from one operation to
another. This flow can be sequential, branched or
concurrent. Activity diagrams deals with all type of
flow control by using different elements like fork,
join etc.
How to Draw an Activity Diagram
• Before drawing an activity diagram we must
have a clear understanding about the
elements used in activity diagram.
• The main element of an activity diagram is the
activity itself.
• An activity is a function performed by the
system. After identifying the activities we
need to understand how they are associated
with constraints and conditions.
Cont…
• So before drawing an activity diagram we
should identify the following elements:
– Activities
– Association
– Conditions
– Constraints
Order management system (example)
• In the diagram four activities are identified
which are associated with conditions.
• One important point should be clearly
understood that an activity diagram cannot be
exactly matched with the code.
• The activity diagram is made to understand
the flow of activities and mainly used by the
business users.
Cont…
• The diagram is drawn with the four main
activities:
– Send order by the customer
– Receipt of the order
– Confirm order
– Dispatch order
Cont…
• Description:

– After receiving the order request condition checks


are performed to check if it is normal or special
order. After the type of order is identified dispatch
activity is performed and that is marked as the
termination of the process.
Decision and Merge Nodes
• Decision nodes and merge nodes have the
same notation: a diamond shape
• The control flows coming away from a
decision node will have guard conditions
Fork and Join Nodes
• Forks and joins have the same notation: either
a horizontal or vertical bar
– They indicate the start and end of concurrent
threads of control
– Join synchronizes two inflows and produces a
single outflow
– The outflow from a join cannot execute until all
inflows have been received
Process Order Example

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