This 3-day International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) course prepares you for the Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) Foundation examination.

Utbildningsmål

In order to successfully implement a change or project, it is essential to have a complete and accurate set of requirements. Various studies (including the Chaos Report by the Standish Group) have shown that success depends on the proper handling of requirements and stakeholder involvement.

To increase the chances of success, this is an important task for the Requirements Engineer (including Information/Business Analysts, Requirements Managers) and other stakeholders who have an interest in requirements (including Functional Application Management, testers).  

Målgrupp

• Requirements Engineers
• Requirements Managers
• Informatie/Business analisten
• Functioneel ontwerpers
• Testers
• Functioneel Beheerders
• Architecten

Förkunskaper

no previous knowledge required

Innehåll

The following topics are covered and skills are taught. The material is taught by specialists in the field and is frequently practised with practical assignments. In addition, the manner and type of questions that the participant may expect at the exam are trained.

• Introduction and foundations: Importance of requirements, concepts and terms, characteristics of the Requirements Engineer, the 4 core activities of Requirements Engineering, etc.
• System and system context: Scoping of system/project, context diagram, Quality Requirements (non-functionals), etc.
• Requirements elicitation: Stakeholder selection, methods and techniques to elicit requirements from stakeholders, etc.
• Requirements documentation: Modes of Requirements documentation, quality criteria of the Requirements documentation, etc.
• Documentation of Requirements using Natural Language: Specification of Requirements in natural language (text), quality criteria of the individual Requirement,
• Model based requirements documentation: Specification of requirements by means of models, UML modelling, ERD modelling, state diagrams, etc.
• Requirements validation and negotiation: Check Requirements to see if the right solution is described, negotiate conflicting requirements, etc.
• Requirements management: Managing Requirements during their life cycle, Change Control Board, etc.
• Tool support: Properties of a RE tool, selection and implementation, etc. 

Kursen levereras genom utbildningspartner: Skillsoft Global Knowledge