Use Case Diagram for the Library Management System
Explore how to build a comprehensive use case diagram for a library management system. Understand the roles of primary and secondary actors, detailed use cases, and the relationships that establish system behavior. This lesson helps you visualize member and librarian interactions and system responsibilities, preparing you to design effective software systems.
Let’s build the use case diagram for the library management system and understand the relationships between its main actors, system functions, and user interactions. First, we will define the different elements of our library, followed by the complete use case diagram of the system.
System
Our system is the library management system. It manages the library’s catalog, member accounts, book transactions, and notifications.
Actors
Next, we will define the main actors of our library management system.
Primary actors
Member: A library member who can search, reserve, borrow, renew, or return books, pay fines, and ...