IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering - Foundation Level Training Course

 Fundamentals of Requirements Engineering

• Introduction and Overview:
  • Definitions of Requirements Engineering (RE) and Business Analysis (BA).
  • The RE Process Model: covering Elicitation, Elaboration, Specification, and Validation.
  • Examining the "V-Model" and Agile approaches within RE.
• Core Principles:
  • Stakeholder Analysis: how to identify and classify stakeholders.
  • Quality of Requirements: key characteristics such as correctness, completeness, consistency, and lack of ambiguity.
  • The impact of the cost of change curve and the value of addressing requirements early.
• Lab 1: Exercising stakeholder mapping and assessing requirement quality.

Requirements Elicitation and Elaboration

• Practices for Elaborating Requirements:
  • Elicitation Techniques: In-depth look at interviews, workshops (including Joint Application Design), observation, and prototyping.
  • Domain Analysis: Recognising domain concepts and constructing domain models.
  • Use Cases: Defining actors, system boundaries, and the main success scenario for Use Case specifications.
  • Scenarios: Formulating specific use scenarios and defining acceptance criteria.
• Lab 2: Writing Use Case descriptions and User Stories using a given scenario.

Requirements Specification & Documentation

• Artifacts and Documentation Best Practices:
  • The Requirements Specification: Structuring and populating an SRS (Software Requirements Specification).
  • Notations: Introductory overview of standard modelling notations, including UML (Use Case and Activity Diagrams) and BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation).
  • Mockups and Prototypes: Utilising wireframes and prototypes to confirm requirements with stakeholders.
• Lab 3: Modelling a business process with BPMN and system interactions with UML.

Requirements Management and Process Integration

• Managing Requirements:
  • Traceability: Implementing forward and backward traceability matrices.
  • Change Management: Processing requirements change requests (RFC) and maintaining version control.
  • Configuration Management: Treating requirements artifacts as managed work products.
• Process and Working Structure:
  • Embedding RE within project management frameworks (SDLC, Scrum, Kanban).
  • Managing risks associated with requirements engineering.
  • Resolving conflicts and negotiating requirements.
• Lab 4: Developing a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and tracking Change Requests.

Tooling and Certification Preparation

• Tool Support:
  • Overview of Computer-Supported Requirements Engineering (CSRE) tools.
  • Key features to consider in RE tools, such as versioning, traceability, and collaboration.
  • Best practices for data exchange between tools using XMI and XML.
• Exam Preparation:
  • Recap of core syllabus topics.
  • Identifying and avoiding common exam pitfalls.
  • Practicing multiple-choice questions with guidance.
  • Understanding the ACB (Approved Certification Body) examination process.
• Final Activity: Participating in a mock exam and Q&A session.