1. What is the purpose of an activity diagram? 2. How do you create activity diagram? 3. Draw a set of activity diagrams for the following dentist office system. Whenever new patients are seen for the...

Information System Analysis and Architecture Design

Extracted text: 1. What is the purpose of an activity diagram? 2. How do you create activity diagram? 3. Draw a set of activity diagrams for the following dentist office system. Whenever new patients are seen for the first time, they complete a patient information form that asks their name, address, phone number and brief medical history, which are stored in the patient information file. When a patient calls to schedule a new appointment or change an existing appointment, the receptionist checks the appointment file for an available time. Once a good time is found for the patient, the appointment is scheduled. If the patient is a new patient, an incomplete entry is made in the patient file; the full information will be collected when they arrive for their appointment. Because appointments are often made so far in advance, the receptionist usually mails a reminder postcard to each patient two weeks before their appointment