Working with activity diagrams

Activity diagrams show the workflow of child process elements of a process, activity, phase, or iteration. You can choose to include diagrams created externally by another application or you can create activity diagrams internally by using this diagram editor.

Diagram editor tools

The diagram editor palette has several tools for creating diagrams.

Drawing aids

The activity diagram editor provides several aids to manipulate and improve the appearance of your diagram.

Activity diagrams in extended capability patterns

You can reuse an existing capability pattern or parts of a capability pattern, such as an activity, in another process. When you reuse another pattern by either copying or extending it, any diagrams that you have created are also included in your process. However when you extend a capability pattern, the diagrams from the base pattern are not updated when the diagram for the base pattern is changed. To retrieve updates to a diagram of the base element, right-click in the open diagram of the extending element and select “Refresh from Base Activity”.