Where to Find Out More

Little information exists on activity diagrams. The Reference Manual (Rumbaugh, Jacobson, and Booch 1999) provides a lot of details, but doesn't provide a tutorial on how they work. The User Guide (Booch, Jacobson, and Rumbaugh 1999) doesn't get into enough detail to answer the kinds of questions you'll run into when you try to use the technique in anger. Ideally, somebody will fill this gap in the not too distant future.

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