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? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 7 Appendix B Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Activity Diagrams Modern Systems Analysisand DesignSixth Edition Jeffrey A. Hoffer Joey F. GeorgeJoseph S. Valacich ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall * Chapter 7 Appendix B Learning Objectives Understand how to represent system logic with activity diagrams. ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Process Modeling: Activity Diagrams Activity Diagrams Show the conditional logic for the sequence of system activities needed to accomplish a business process. Clearly show parallel and alternative behaviors. Can be used to show the logic of a use case. Chapter 7 Appendix B * ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Use Activity Diagrams to: Depict the flow of control from activity to activity. Help in use case analysis to understand what actions need to take place. Help in identifying extensions in a use case. Model work flow and business processes. Model the sequential and concurrent steps in a computation process. * Chapter 7 Appendix B ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 7 Appendix B * FIGURE 7-36 Activity diagram for a customer order process ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Process Modeling: Activity Diagrams (Cont.) Elements of Activity Diagrams: Activity: a behavior that an object carries out while in a particular state Transition: a movement from one activity or state to another Branch: a diamond symbol containing a condition whose results provide transitions to different paths of activities Chapter 7 Appendix B * ? 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Process Modeling: Activity Diagrams (Cont.) Synchronization bar: horizontal or vertical bars denoting parallel or concurrent paths of activities Fork: the beginning of parallel activities Join: the end of parallel activities Swimlanes: columns representing