7.9. What's Next?Sequence diagrams are closely related to communication diagrams. So closely, in fact, that many modelers often don't know when to use sequence versus communication diagrams. Chapter 8 describes communication diagrams and concludes with a comparison between the two, providing some tips about when to use which diagram type. Sequence and communication diagrams are both interaction diagrams; timing diagrams are yet another type of interaction diagram. Timing diagrams specialize at showing time constraints involved with interactions, which is especially useful for real-time systems. Timing diagrams are covered in Chapter 9. If your sequence diagram is getting cluttered with too many messages, step back and look at interaction diagrams on a higher level with interaction overview diagrams. Interaction overview diagrams model the big picture perspective on interactions that occur within your system. Interaction overview diagrams are described in Chapter 10. |