Body: <p>UML State diagrams could represent a single object, a system or a sub-system. I am looking for the best methods and resources which help students draw correct state diagrams, and at the right level of detail. Many thanks.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: To what end?  UML can get very detailed and very nitpicky.  What is your goal in teaching UML?
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Comments.Text: They have a project where they need to produce a requirement and design documents and they use UML in their documents.
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Comments.Text: Do you mean use case diagrams? Or possibly class diagrams?  State diagrams are about capturing a moment of runtime behavior, and aren't, to my knowledge, in frequent use.
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Comments.Text: Please see https://www.uml-diagrams.org/state-machine-diagrams.html.  They show state of objects or sub-systems.
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Comments.Text: State diagrams got in to UML, because the company that made a good state modelling tool, had a seat on the UML board. There is also much left out of UML.
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Title: Regarding state diagrams - (different levels)
ThreadText: # Regarding state diagrams - (different levels)
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-11-24)
  
  UML State diagrams could represent a single object, a system or a sub-system. I am looking for the best methods and resources which help students draw correct state diagrams, and at the right level of detail. Many thanks.
  
  **Tags:** resource-request, object-oriented-paradigm
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: To what end?  UML can get very detailed and very nitpicky.  What is your goal in teaching UML?  
  > **username_0**: They have a project where they need to produce a requirement and design documents and they use UML in their documents.  
  > **username_1**: Do you mean use case diagrams? Or possibly class diagrams?  State diagrams are about capturing a moment of runtime behavior, and aren't, to my knowledge, in frequent use.  
  > **username_0**: Please see https://www.uml-diagrams.org/state-machine-diagrams.html.  They show state of objects or sub-systems.  
  > **username_2**: State diagrams got in to UML, because the company that made a good state modelling tool, had a seat on the UML board. There is also much left out of UML.  
  
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