Analysis Diagram

An Analysis diagram is a simplified Activity diagram, used to capture high level business processes and early models of system behavior and elements. It is less formal than some other diagrams, but provides a useful means of capturing the essential business characteristics and requirements. Robustness diagrams, used extensively in ICONIX, can be created as Analysis diagrams.

You generate Analysis diagram elements and connectors from the 'Analysis' pages of the Diagram Toolbox.

Example Diagram

Example Analysis Diagram

Analysis Diagram Element Toolbox Icons

Icon	Description	See also
	An Actor is a user of the system; 'user' can mean a human user, a machine, or even another system or subsystem in the model.	Actor
	An Object is a particular instance of a Class at run time.	Object
	A Process is an Activity element with the stereotype process, which expresses the concept of a business process.	Process
	A Collaboration defines a set of cooperating roles and their connectors.	Collaboration
	A Collaboration Use element allows for a Pattern defined by a Collaboration to applied to a specific situation.	Collaboration Use
	The Send element is used to depict the action of sending a signal.	Send
	A Receive element is used to define the acceptance or receipt of a request.	Receive
	An Information Item element represents an abstraction of data, which data can be conveyed between two objects.	Information Item
	A Decision is an element that indicates a point of conditional progression: if a condition is true, then processing continues one way; if not, then another.	Decision
	A Merge Node brings together a number of alternative flow paths in Activity, Analysis and Interaction Overview diagrams.	Merge
	A Boundary is a stereotyped Object that models some system boundary, typically a user interface screen.	Boundary
	A Control element represents a controlling entity or manager that organizes and schedules other activities and elements.	Control
	An Entity is a stereotyped Object that models a store or persistence mechanism that captures the information or knowledge in a system.	Entity

Analysis Diagram Connector Toolbox Icons

Icon	Description	See also
	An Information Flow represents the flow of Information Items (either Information Item elements or classifiers) between two elements in any diagram.	Information Flow
	An Object Flow connects two elements, with specific data passing through it, modeling an active transition.	Object Flow
	An Association implies that two model elements have a relationship, usually implemented as an instance variable in one or both Classes.	Associate
	A Realizes connector represents that the source object implements or Realizes its destination object.	Realize
	The Representation relationship is a specialization of a Dependency, connecting Information Item elements that represent the same idea across models.	Representation

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