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Designing transactional flows

It’s important to start by designing the basic flow: the flow of events that occurs when the user and system behave as expected. The figure below shows the basic flow for an on-line banking transaction (transferring funds from one account to another).

Basic Flow

Figure 2. Basic flow for transfer of funds

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