Activity Diagram Tool
Better Visualize System Behavior
Intuitive activity diagram maker to visualize complex activity flows. Coordinate efforts with your team & develop a shared understanding of systems behavior.
- Intelligent UML activity diagram tool to model systems faster
- Reuse the same data in multiple ways for multiple perspectives
- Collaborate on activity diagrams and system designs easily
Over 10 Million people and 1000s of teams already use Creately
Create a Shared Understanding of System Behavior
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Accurately depict how systems behave with purpose-built shape libraries.
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Intuitive modeling with adaptive shapes that change according to the context.
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Easily modify activity diagrams with simple drag and drop tools.
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Quickly visualize entire systems with UML activity diagram templates.
Design Complex Systems Together
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Collaborate with team members on visualizing system flows on a shared canvas.
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Brainstorm on identifying system functions on an interactive whiteboard.
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Have discussions & follow-ups on the same canvas with contextual comments.
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Save & revert back to iterations of your system design with full version history.
Elevate and Interact with Your Data
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Add references & key details to your activity diagram with integrated notes.
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Create a central repository of all your activity diagrams with the infinite canvas.
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Maintain workflows & keep everyone in sync with workspace level status tracking.
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Create custom UML models with multiple types of data sets.
Understand Workflows and Dependencies
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Manage sharing and permissions with multiple access levels and roles.
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Embed your activity diagrams securely in your apps, intranets or sites.
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Bring system data from any source to visualize them & connect information together.
What is an Activity Diagram?
An activity diagram is a type of UML diagram that illustrates the flow of control in a system and the steps involved in the execution of a use case. Activity diagrams are considered behavior diagrams because they describe what must happen in the system that is being modeled. They are commonly used in software development, business process modeling, and other fields to visualize the steps involved in a process or system, and the interactions between those steps.
How to Create an Activity Diagram Collaboratively with Your Team?
- Set up the Creately workspace to work with your team
Open a Creately workspace and share it with others in your team to collaborate with them. Open the activity diagram shape library or choose a relevant template from the library to work on. Use real-time mouse cursors and synced previews to easily track the changes other participants make in the workspace.
- Define the purpose of the activity diagram
The team should agree on the purpose and scope of the diagram, including what process or system is being modeled and what level of detail is required.
- Identify the action steps of the system
Gather requirements from all relevant stakeholders and use them to create a list of activities and the flow of control in the process.
- Identify the system actors
Identify the various actors in the system and discern how they interact in the system.
- Create a flow
List out the order in which actions in a system take place. Identify the conditions that have to be met in order to carry out certain processes, which actions occur at the same time and whether you need to add any branches in the diagram. One or more team members can then collaborate on creating a diagram based on the requirements.
- Establish responsibility
Add swimlanes to group activities that are carried out by different actors.
- Review and refine the activity diagram
The team should review the draft diagram and provide feedback on its accuracy and clarity. Use comments threads and @mention comments to discuss changes and tag team members to carry them forward. The diagram should be refined based on this feedback.
- Finalize the diagram
Once the team agrees that the diagram accurately represents the process or system, the final version of the diagram can be shared with all stakeholders. You can track each iteration of the diagram with version history and revert back anytime you want. The team can schedule regular review meetings to ensure that the diagram is up-to-date and continues to accurately represent the process or system as it evolves.
Create Your Activity Diagram Online with Editable Templates
FAQ about the Activity Diagram Tool in Creately
Streamline Your Workflows by Integrating with the Tools You Love
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Why is Creately a Better Activity Diagram Tool
Creately is the intelligent visual platform enabling visual collaboration, knowledge management and project execution.
100+ proprietary features deliver a flexible, no-code visual platform, expertly-tuned for ease of use.
Infinite Visual Canvas
Visually create and organize any structure you imagine. Drag drop shapes or datasets, embed external content.
Real-Time Collaboration
Work remote or hybrid with realtime cursor tracking, synced previews and proper in-context comments and tasks.
Custom Databases
Create custom databases for any kind of information from tasks, HR personnel records to matters for law firms.
Data Driven Docs
Create docs and notes to go deeper from the high-level visual views. 2 way link to other docs, shapes or data with @mentions.
Professional Diagramming
50+ types of standard diagrams with 1000+ specially designed shapes and connectors enable blazing fast diagramming.
Project & Task Management
Use built-in agile project management tooling or integrate with your favourite project management tool to keep work flowing.
Enterprise Scalability
From SSO, SCIM to well defined employee onboarding, offboarding workflows Creately can scale to support diverse enterprise needs.
Powerful Visual Modelling
Visuals that are backed by databases, update once, reflect in multiple views type of workflows.
Enterprise-Grade Security and Compliance
We ensure the privacy and information security of both clients and users through enhanced data security measures compliant with industry security standards. Creately is GDPR compliant and dedicated to keeping your data private, secure, and safe.
Just Plug and Play
An easy-to-use interface with a minimal learning curve. Simply Sign-In using your work email to automatically add team members to the enterprise plan.
No installation required.
Work Visually with Anyone for a Fixed Monthly Price
- 3 Canvases (60 items max)
- 1 Folder
- Limited storage
- Basic integrations
- Raster image only exports
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- 5000 items per Database
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- HR, Product, IT, Process toolkits
- Advanced collaboration
- Most integrations
- 100 GB storage
- One Account Admin
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