Visual Paradigm - How to Gather Requirements with UeXceler? (YouTube Example) - Tutorial

Sep 12, 2026

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A step-by-step tutorial guiding agile teams through requirements gathering using Visual Paradigm with UeXceler. It demonstrates how to model business goals with UML use cases, create actors and use cases (example: a video upload flow), and translate stakeholder input into user stories. The tutorial then covers sprint management by selecting user stories and planning sprint scope, culminating in outputs such as use cases, user stories, and wireframes that support UX and agile project management.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatPDF

Pages29

Reading Time10 min

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Preparation

Identify Business Goals as Use Cases

Identify User Stories with Front-line Staff

Sprint Management

Visual Paradigm How to Gather Requirements with UeXceler? (YouTube Example) Tutorial How to Gather Requirements with UeXceler? (YouTube Example) Written Date : January 27, 2016 Visual Paradigm provides all the necessary tools that every agile development team needs in using UeXceler for requirements gathering, such as user story management tools, user story editing tools, user story scenarios, storyboards, wireframes, Tasifier, etc. What is This Tutorial About? This tutorial is written to demonstrate the use of Visual Paradigm in requirements gathering. We need an example to demonstrate the ideas. Let's imagine that YouTube does not exist yet. Now, you are going to gather the requirements for building a video-sharing website like YouTube. Throughout this tutorial, you will follow the UeXceler guideline and make use of Visual Paradigm in requirements gathering. The final products are a set of use cases, user stories, and wireframes. When you finish this tutorial, you are expected to learn not just the operation of related features in Visual Paradigm but also the key concept of UeXceler and how UeXceler can assist agile project management and boost UX. Preparation In order to complete this tutorial, make sure you have Visual Paradigm downloaded and installed. Click here to download Visual Paradigm if you do not have it installed. You are also expected to have a basic understanding of agile project management-what it is, what are the benefits of agile software development, and how to be agile. Identify Business Goals as Use Cases First of all, we will identify the high-level goals (i.e. , use cases) to be achieved. Usually, the use cases are found through discussions with business stakeholders such as the senior executives or someone from the board, who oversee the strategic direction of the company and have the authority to make strategic decisions. UML use case diagram is an important tool in requirements gathering. It helps you visualize the business goals as simple use case shapes and to represent the stakeholders who will interact with the system. In this section, you are going to identify use cases with a use case diagram. 1. Create a new project. 2. Open UeXceler by selecting UeXceler > UeXceler from the application toolbar. [https://www.visual-paradigm.com/tutorials/requirements-gathering-with-uexceler.jsp](https://www.visual-paradigm.com/tutorials/requirements-gathering-with-uexceler.jsp) Page 1 of 29 Visual Paradigm How to Gather Requirements with UeXceler? (YouTube Example) Tutorial 3. Open the Use Case Diagram page. 4. Let's create an actor User and an associated use case Upload Video. Select Actor from the diagram toolbar. 5. Click on the diagram to create an actor. Enter User as the name and press Enter to confirm the naming. 6. Move your mouse pointer over the actor. 7. Press on the Resource Catalog button at the top right corner of the shape and drag it out. 8. Release the mouse button at the place where you want the use case to be created. [https://www.visual-paradigm.com/tutorials/requirements-gathering-with-uexceler.jsp](https://www.visual-paradigm.com/tutorials/requirements-gathering-with-uexceler.jsp) Page 2 of 29 Visual Paradigm How to Gather Requirements with UeXceler? (YouTube Example) Tutorial 9. Select Actor-> Use Case from Resource Catalog. 10. Enter Upload Video as the name of the use case and press Enter to confirm. 11. Follow the diagram below to create the other actors and use cases. Identify User Stories with Front-line Staff User stories describe users' concerns or problems that need to be addressed. As an integral part of many agile development processes, user stories offer a quick way to record user requirements, without having to write any detailed requirement documents or have any prior consideration of system behaviors. Let's say in a meeting with stakeholders, the use case Upload video was discussed. In this section, you are g

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What outputs does the tutorial expect you to produce after finishing?

After completing the tutorial, you should have a set of use cases, user stories, and wireframes, along with understanding of how UeXceler supports agile project management and UX.

Sep 12, 2026

Uploaded by Patrick