Why take this course
If you want to change your career path or deepen your knowledge of business analysis, this training will provide you with comprehensive knowledge. You’ll gain practical skills by working on real-world case studies, which will enable you to effectively start your career as a business/systems analyst or requirements engineer and earn the internationally recognized IREB® CPRE Foundation Level certificate.
What you'll learn
Through active exercises and project tasks, you will gain practical experience and solid theoretical knowledge in business/systems analysis and requirements engineering, including:
- Master professional requirements engineering terminology.
- Learn how to effectively collaborate with stakeholders.
- Use techniques for documenting requirements.
- Prioritize requirements to focus on what matters most.
- Model processes and understand their flow.
- Model applications and systems for clear communication.
Who is this course for
This course is ideal for individuals who want to switch careers and start working as a business/systems analyst or requirements engineer. It’s also perfect for those already in the profession who want to consolidate their overall knowledge of business analysis/requirements engineering and obtain the IREB® CPRE Foundation Level certificate.
Topics covered
- Module 1 (day 1, 2, 3) – Requirements engineering – preparation for IREB® CPRE certification
- Module 2 (day 4) – Agile business analysis
- Module 3 (day 5, 6) – Business process modelling
- Module 4 (day 7) – IREB® CPRE exam (optional, provided in the form of a voucher valid for one year)
Training schedule
Day 1
- Introduction and overview of Requirements Engineering
- Main assumptions of Requirements Engineering
- Kinds of requirements
- The role and tasks of the Requirements Engineer
- Fundamental principles of Requirements Engineering
- Overview and discussion of principles
- Requirements Development Practices
- Sources of requirements
- Elicitation of requirements
- Kano model
- Requirements negotiation
- Validation of requirements
Day 2
- Work products and documentation practices
- Characteristics of work products
- Glossaries
- Natural-language-based work products
- Template-based work products
- Model-based work products
- Use Cases
- Models
- Data flow diagram
- UML class diagram
- UML activity diagram
- UML State machine diagram
- UML sequence diagram
- Prototypes
- Artifact quality criteria and requirements
Day 3
- Process and working structure
- Requirements Engineering process facets
- Configuration of Requirements Engineering proces
- Management practices for requirements
- Life cycle management
- Version control
- Configurations and baselines
- Attributes and views
- Tracebility
- Handling change
- Prioritization
- Tool support
Day 4
- Basics of business methodologies
- Agile genesis
- Main assumptions
- Basic concepts
- Personas
- Backlog management
- User Story
- Story Mapping
- Relative estimates
Day 5
- Basics of business process modelling
- Modeling purpose
- Main principles and good practices
- BPMN notation
- Application
- Basic elements
- Examples of models
Day 6
- Summary and questions
- Discussion of recruitment processes for IT companies (example technical interview)
Day 7 (self-study)
- IREB® CPRE Foundation exam (optional, provided in the form of a voucher valid for one year)
