IREB® CPRE Practitioner Requirements Management EN

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Become a certified professional in Requirements Engineering and Management

The International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) is a leading nonprofit organization that aims to advance the Requirements discipline. IREB has established a Certification Program for Requirements Engineering (CPRE), which is recognized worldwide. The exams are administered by the International Software Quality Institute (iSQI).

The program consists of four levels:

• Level 1: Foundation Level
• Level 2: Advanced Level (formerly Advanced Level Practioner)

Level 3: Practitioner Certificate (formerly Advanced Level Practioner)

• Expert Level

This course will prepare you for the exam Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering Requirements Management Level 2: Practitioner. You will meet the criteria set by IREB and learn the international standards, methods and techniques for Requirements Management.

After obtaining the Level 2 Practitioner certificate you can take the exam for the CPRE Requirements Management Level 3: Specialist certificate.

After this training you will have the skills to:

• structure requirements via an information model for traceability
• identify attributes for good reporting and user views
• define evaluation criteria for requirements and know how to prioritize requirements
• structure and reuse requirements for product families through targeted variant management
• implement version and change management for requirements
• introduce a targeted RE process and a reporting system

Who should attend this training?

This training is suitable for you if you are involved in Requirements Engineering and Management and wish to delve further in Management of Requirements.

Roles of participants in their organization

This training is meant for: people in Requirements Engineering, business analysis, business engineering, software- and system development, product management, release planning, and other departments who want to deepen their knowledge about management of requirements.

Prior knowledge or training

• Candidates for the CPRE Requirements Management Level 2: Practitioner examination must already have received the CPRE Level 1: Foundation certificate or BCS Practitioner certificate in RE.
• Candidates for the CPRE Requirements Management Level 3: Specialist examination must have received the CPRE Requirements Management Level 2: Practitioner certificate.

Structure of this training

Discover the essentials of Requirements Engineering in this interactive three-day training. You will learn about Requirements Engineering from both theoretical and practical perspectives. You will also engage in exercises and discussions to develop your critical thinking and problem-solving skills. To help you prepare for the certification exam, you will take mock tests during the course and review the curriculum in the evenings. The certification is optional and consists of two parts:

• The Level 2: practitioner exam: this is a 75-minute multiple-choice exam that tests your knowledge of the core concepts and techniques of Requirements Engineering. If you need to take the exam in a language other than your native one, you can request a 15-minute extension.
• The Level 3: specialist exam: this is a paper-based exam that requires you to write a report on a realistic project situation from your own experience, demonstrating your ability to apply the acquired RE skills.

Course outline

What is requirements management

• Tasks, goals, and benefits
• Requirements management plan
• Relevant standards?

Requirements Information Model

Attributes and views

• Attribute schemas
• Goals and types of views
• Attribute population

Evaluation and prioritization

• Ad-hoc prioritization techniques
• Analytical prioritization techniques
• Combination of prioritization techniques

Version and change management

• Version control
• Configurations, baselines, and branching
• Types of changes
• Analysis and documentation of the stability of requirements

Traceability

• Relationship types
• Forms of presentation
• Project specific traceability strategies

Variant Management

• Explicit documentation of variants
• Feature modeling

Reporting

• Development and application of reporting
• Deriving key figures using the Goal-Question-Metric method

Management of RE processes

• Parameters of the RE process
• Documenting the RE process
• Process improvement

Requirements management in agile projects

Use of tools

• Role of tools in RM
• Tool selection
• Data exchange between RM tools

Training information

• Location and dates: check the training calendar
• Schedule: 9:15 – 17:00 (three days)
• Specialist exam optional € 465
• Includes coffee, tea, lunch and training material
• Three months free e-coaching

For more information, please contact us at +31 (0)40 – 202 1803 or training@ict-improve.nl

ICT Improve also offers bespoke in-house training tailored to your specific requirements and needs upon request.