We use State Diagrams to model workflow processes that involve updating the status of the items in workflow.
An example might be a content management workflow in which each content item "status" needs to change from "New" to "Approved" to "Live" to "Retired" to "EndOfLife" to "OldButNotForgotten". A state diagram captures this information easily by setting each status as a discrete state. It then allows you to document what system events or guard conditions cause content items to migrate through the entire workflow process. When building new workflow processes, state diagrams are a godsend during requirements gathering and preliminary design. For existing (maybe undocumented) workflow systems, they're a valuable tool during reverse engineering. Cheers, Michael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 4/2/02 5:46 PM Subject: (ROSE) is UML suitable for model workflow? Hi : UML is very powerful to understand and capture requirement . but when i face a software project and a large part of which is about workflow , i am rather pazzled on how to do my job. daniel ????? http://www.zz.ha.cn 371???? http://www.371.net ************************************************************************ * Rose Forum is a public venue for ideas and discussions. * For technical support, visit http://www.rational.com/support * * Post or Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subscription Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Archive of messages: * http://www.rational.com/support/usergroups/rose/rose_forum.jsp * Other Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To unsubscribe from the list, please send email * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subject: <BLANK> * Body: unsubscribe rose_forum ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************ * Rose Forum is a public venue for ideas and discussions. * For technical support, visit http://www.rational.com/support * * Post or Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subscription Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Archive of messages: * http://www.rational.com/support/usergroups/rose/rose_forum.jsp * Other Requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To unsubscribe from the list, please send email * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subject: <BLANK> * Body: unsubscribe rose_forum *************************************************************************
