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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

USE CASE DIAGRAM

UML provides a representation to capture all actors and use cases for a system. This representation is simply a use case diagram. Figure 2 shows a system as a rectangle, use cases as ovals inside the rectangle (named according to the task to be carried out), and actors as stick figures (named by the role that the actor plays).

Figure 2ýThis is a sample of use cases for an elevator system.

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