An internationally recognized standard in Requirements Engineering and Management
The International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) is an international nonprofit organization that focuses on the further professionalization of the Requirements discipline.
Within IREB requirements engineering experts like Chris Rupp and Suzanne Robertson are member of the international board. Meanwhile IREB developed a certification program for Requirement Engineering (CPRE). The internationally recognized examinations are conducted by the International Software Quality Institute (iSQI).
The curriculum has three levels:
- Foundation Level
- Advanced Level
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- Practitioner Certificate
- Specialist Certificate
- Expert Level
This course prepares you for the exam “Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering – Advanced Level, Modeling” and meets the requirements as set down by IREB. You will learn international standards, methods and techniques in the field of Requirements Modeling.
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 Modeling of Requirements.
Roles of participants in their organization
This training is meant for:
- Requirement Engineers, Business Analysts, Information Analysts and Functional Designers who want to obtain the internationally recognized IREB “Certificated Professional for Requirements Engineering – Advanced Level, Elicitation and Consolidation” certification as part of their career
- Architects, Developers, Designers and Users involved in specifying information systems or software products
- Quality Officers and Project Managers who want to explore Requirement Engineering and Management
Prior knowledge or training
Candidates for the CPRE Advanced Level module examination must already have received the CPRE Foundation Level certificate.
Structure of this training
In this three-day training you will learn about Requirements Engineering from both theoretical and practical perspective. Exercises and forming opinion are an important part in this course. During the course you will practice test exams. It is recommended to prepare for the exam by studying the curriculum in the evenings.
The certification is made up of two parts and is optional.
- The practioner exam: this is a muliple choice exam that will take 75 minutes. In case the exam cannot be taken in your native language you can, upon request, obtain an extension of 15 minutes
- The specialist exam: this entails writing a paper based upon a realistic project situation from you own experience, in which you prove to be capable of applying the obtained RE knowledge
Course outline
Principles of requirements modeling
- Why modeling?
- Sorts of requirements models, terminology and concepts
- What are the advantages of modeling requirements and what defines the quality of a requirements model?
Context modeling
- Why model the context of a system?
- Modeling context with data flow diagrams and use case diagrams
- Other ways to model context
Modeling an information structure
- Syntax and semantics of UML class diagrams
- Heuristics for defining classes, attributes and data types
- Heuristics for relations (aggregations and compositions) and generalizations
- Practical tips for making class diagrams
Modeling dynamic aspects
- Use case diagrams
- Structuring large numbers of use cases in packages
- Data flow and control flow modeling
- Activity diagrams, their relationship with use cases and scenario modeling
- Handling complexity by decomposition of functions in data flow diagrams and activity diagrams
- Modeling state machines with state machine diagrams
Scenario modeling
- Modeling scenario’s with UML sequence diagrams
- Relationships between scenario’s, context modeling and use cases
- Modeling scenario’s with context diagrams
Possibilities in-house training
Improve provides this training in-house and tailored to your specific situation or needs upon request. For further information please contact us at +31 40 – 202 1803 or opleidingen@improveqs.nl.
