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6.3 Suspended Ceiling Design Process - Bilkent University

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Figure 3.7: A Generic UML Activity Diagram (Booch et al., 1998)<br />

The limitations of modeling processes with UML are as follows. First,<br />

UML is not suitable for process modeling if the purpose is to study the<br />

current state of the processes. Moreover, UML does not include any<br />

suitable technique for mid-level process modeling such as IDEF0.<br />

Therefore, it is hard to get an overview of the modeled system.<br />

Information modeling tools like ER diagrams and UML are capable of<br />

representing dependency relationships, but they do not provide a<br />

means for analyzing the cycles in a process. Thus, their functionality as<br />

a process modeling method lies largely in IT system development rather<br />

than process integration and improvement.<br />

3.2.4 Activity-based DSM<br />

Activity-based DSM is a method capable of identifying and resolving<br />

iterations in a process. The details of the method and applications are<br />

discussed in the next chapter. However, a brief analysis of its<br />

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