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UML activity diagram overview

UML activity diagram overview

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UML activity diagram overview

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- [Instructor] An activity diagram can illustrate a logical workflow, showing processing, conditions, sequences, and potentially even data access by the end user, or not. It just depends on the activity. Let's look at an activity diagram. In this example, we have a process which is going to start and complete. It starts and checks the stock price. How is it going to check the stock price? Probably an external process going on, then some calculation, and then a buy or sell recommendation will be generated. Now, there could be some technical information going on here, but the end user, if you're just trying to describe the process, you don't necessarily have to provide that many details. After the buy or sell recommendation has been generated, potentially, since money is changing hands, we have to route for approval. Well, are we buying or selling? Are we buying or selling stock? Or is it rejected? If I buy or…

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