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Duration 14 hours (2 days)
Course Outline
Introduction to Practical Requirements Engineering
- Definitions, significance, and aims of Requirements Engineering
- Primary roles and duties of requirements engineers
- Positioning the RE process within project lifecycles
- Basics of the IREB CPRE certification framework
Establishing System Context and Scope
- Recognising stakeholders and defining the system boundary
- Creating system context diagrams and boundary models
- Strategies for defining scope and preventing scope creep
Eliciting Requirements Effectively
- Interviews, workshops, observation, and reviewing documents
- Using questionnaires and brainstorming techniques
- Facilitation skills for gathering requirements in group environments
- Practical task: Performing a stakeholder interview
Documenting and Modelling Requirements
- Formal versus informal documentation styles
- Utilising use cases, user stories, and scenario-based records
- Visual aids and models: activity diagrams, context diagrams, and data models
- Practical task: Drafting a precise, testable requirement
Validating and Verifying Requirements
- Methods to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Conducting reviews, inspections, and walkthroughs
- Setting acceptance criteria and validation checklists
- Case study: Validating requirements for a business system
Managing Requirements and Traceability
- Creating traceability links from requirements to design and testing
- Controlling requirement versions and amendments
- Applying configuration management in Requirements Engineering
- Practical task: Developing a traceability matrix
Change Control and Prioritisation
- Addressing evolving requirements during development
- Prioritisation techniques (MoSCoW, Kano, cost-value analysis)
- Conducting impact analysis for requirement changes
Tools and Best Practices for Operational Projects
- Survey of widely used RE tools and platforms
- Integrating RE into Agile and traditional delivery frameworks
- Communication and collaboration habits for RE effectiveness
Practical Tasks and Scenario-Based Applications
- Complete case study: Journey from elicitation to documentation
- Group simulation: Handling requirement changes in a live project
- Exam-style practice questions and debrief
Recap and Future Directions
- Final summary of key RE concepts and exam strategies
- Advice for ongoing self-study and professional growth
- Recommended resources: IREB CPRE syllabus, glossary, sample exam, and further reading
Requirements
- Familiarity with basic software or system development workflows
- Hands-on experience in project or product settings
- No previous Requirements Engineering certification is necessary
Target Audience
- Business analysts and requirements engineers
- Project managers and product owners
- Software developers and QA specialists aiming to structure their RE expertise
