IREB CPRE Foundation

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

The participant learns to delineate and formulate the scope in order to get and keep grip on the intended changes. To this end, he/she learns the necessity of involving the right stakeholders in the collection (elicitation), recording and evaluation of the requirements. Conflicts between requirements and stakeholder interests can be identified and resolved. The requirements engineer is after all the pivot between the business and the ICT for the realization of their objectives.

After the training the participant is familiar with the following:

• the concepts and terms used in the field what the importance of requirements and the role of the stakeholder are
• what techniques there are to collect (elicit), analyze, record and validate requirements
• How requirements engineering can recognize and resolve problems and conflicts.
• How requirements are managed during their life cycle

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. 

The exam is optional. It lasts 75 minutes and is mulitple-choice. If your score is over 60%, you have passed. The Foundation level certificate is valid indefinitely. The price of the exam is € 310 (not included in the price of the training course). If you want to take the exam, you can indicate this during the course booking. The exam can then be taken at a later date. 

The material consists of the book 'Requirements Engineering Fundamentals' published by IREB. In addition, the participant receives a training folder with handouts of the slides, assignments and elaborations, background articles, IEEE standards, etc.