IREB Certified Requirements Engineer Foundation Level preparatory training

Course objectives

• Acquiring and consolidating knowledge of Requirements Engineering based on a standard defined by (IREB International Requirements Engineering Board).
• Gaining the ability to acquire and document requirements and manage their lifecycle.
• Preparation for the examination and obtaining the globally recognised IREB Certified Requirements Engineer Foundation Level

Training scope

• 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

Prerequisites

It is suggested but not obligatory that candidates for the Foundation Level certification have some experience in a professional business analyst role

Audience

People who want to be professional business analysts and requirements engineer. Members of project teams and everyone who works with business analysts and requirements engineer on a daily basis.