Appendix 7b

Fork

-a horizontal line representing where two parallel activities begin

Activity

-a rounded triangle representing a behavior carried out while in a particular state

Merge

-also a diamond symbol representing where two arrows come together but only one leaves

Join

-also a horizontal line representing where two activities come together but only one leaves

Branch

a diamond symbol representing a choice that must be made

Swimlane

columns representing different organizational units of the system

Activity diagram

shows the conditional logic for the sequence of system activities needed to accomplish a business process

Activity Diagrams

•show the conditional logic for the sequence of system activities needed to accomplish a business function -Individual activity may be manual or automated