Activity Diagram | Scenario and Case Study Base Project Examples

Activity Diagram | Scenario and Case Study Base Project Examples

Activity diagrams are behavioral diagrams.

How many types of UML Diagrams
How many types of UML Diagrams

Activity VS Task

An activity is work that is done with no specific purpose in mind or in some cases, activity can have a mini purpose.

The task is a big term as compared to activity and task is specifically an activity that is done with only having a particular purpose in mind.

What is Activity?

A project is divided into many interdependent activities to complete a task.

The sequence or the order of the activities is very important.

Activity Diagram Symbols
Activity Diagram Symbols

 

 

Activity Diagram Case Study 1

Suppose we want to develop a web-based social network with the following functionalities;

The user should signup for the system.

The user should log into the system and can send friend requests or block the user.

Solution:

We need to convert this system into separate components;

Activity 1: Sign up

Activity 2:  log in

Activity 3: Send Friend request

Activity 4: block a user

Explicit requirements VS implicit requirements

Explicit requirements:

  • Understood
  • Clearly described by the customers

implicit requirements:

  • Not Understood
  • Not Clearly described r by the customers

Explicit requirements

implicit requirements

Sign up Show form and enter data
log in Email confirmation
Send Friend request Show message of success
Accept friend request Search a user
Block user View profile

 

Activity Diagram for module 1 of case study 1

 

signup activity diagram
signup activity diagram

Activity Diagram for module 2 of case study 1

 

scenario based activity diagram
scenario-based activity diagram

 

Activity Diagram for module 1 of case study 2

The user can search books, viewbooks Without any fee but can download the Book only and only if he pays money. Provide the facility of managing the cart To the user, so that he can update his cart.

how many activity diagrams for one project or module
how many activity diagrams for one project or module

 

How many activity diagrams for 1 Project?

In most of the cases;

  • 1 activity diagram for each separate module of your project.
  • The activity of one module can also be drawn in another module if required.
  • Don’t mix all activities of all modules of your big project in only one diagram.
  • 1 diagram represents the flow of one selected activity from starting to end. Only helping activities can be drawn with the selected activity.

Purpose of Activity Diagram

  • Draw the activity flow for a system
  • Describe the sequence from one activity to another
  • High-level understanding of the system’s functionalities
  • Modeling business requirements
  • Investigating business requirements as and when required
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