Activity Diagram

Lesson 9

Dileeka Alwis
NSBM - School of Computing

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 Activity Diagram
• Represent the flow of the system from one activity to
another activity.
• Activity - an operation of the system.
• Mainly used as a flow chart consists of activities performed
by the system.
• But not exactly a flow chart as they have some additional
capabilities.
– Shows different flow like sequential, branched (split) or concurrent
(parallel).

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• Drawn to understand the flow of activities and business
requirements.
• Has more impact on business understanding rather
implementation details.
• Can’t exactly match with the code.
• Mainly for business users or any other person who is not
a technical person.

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 Elements in Activity Diagram
Initial node
• Starting point of the diagram.
• Only one start.

Final node
• Ending point of the diagram.
• Can have one or more ends.

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Activity
• A function performed by the system.
• May be a physical activity or an electronic activity
(eg: Display on Screen).

Flow
• The arrows on the diagram.

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Start and end of concurrent threads of control.

Fork
• Denotes the beginning of parallel activities.

Join
• Denotes the end of parallel activities.

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Decision
• One flow entering and several leaving.
• The leaving flows include conditions.

Merge
• Several flows entering and one leaving.
• The implication is that one or more incoming flows must
reach this point until processing continues.

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Order Processing System

Lesson 9 9
Library
System

Lesson 9 10
Login

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