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UML IN A PRODUCTýS LIFE CYCLE

by Venu Kosuri

Start ý Basic Views ý The Whole Picture ý Use Case View ý Use Case Diagram ý Structural View ý Domain Modeling ý Class Diagram ý Behavioral View ý Sequence Diagram ý Collaboration Diagram ý FSM ý Scalability Limitations ý Lack of Support ý State Charts ý Activity Diagram ý Implementation View ý Environmental View ý Sources and PDF

ACTIVITY DIAGRAM

Letýs define an activity first. From a conceptual point of view, an activity is some task that needs to be done, whether by a human or by a computer. From a specification perspective or an implementation perspective, an activity is a method for a class. So, activity diagram represents a series of activities that need to be completed to do a particular activity (see Figure 9). It shows behavior with control structure. It also shows many objects after many uses, many objects in single-use case, and implementation of method. It can show the threads also, because parallelism can be shown graphically.

Figure 9ýAn activity diagram for getting a beverage is shown here.

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