Label Triggering Events

Step 1: Identify the System

Understand what your diagram is representing. Whether it’s a machine, a process, or any object, know what different situations or conditions it might go through....

Step 2: Identify Initial and Final States

Figure out where your system starts (initial state) and where it ends (final state). These are like the beginning and the end points of your system’s journey....

Step 3: Identify Possible States

Think about all the different situations your system can be in. These are like the various phases or conditions it experiences. Use boundary values to guide you in defining these states....

Step 4: Label Triggering Events

Understand what causes your system to move from one state to another. These causes or conditions are the events. Label each transition with what makes it happen....

Step 5: Draw the Diagram with appropriate notations

Now, take all this information and draw it out. Use rectangles for states, arrows for transitions, and circles or rounded rectangles for initial and final states. Be sure to connect everything in a way that makes sense....