Requirements elicitation

according to IREB® syllabus

Are you patient, do you listen actively, and do you deeply engage with your work to ensure requirements are realistic, relevant and complete? If you’re looking to deepen your knowledge about eliciting requirements, this training is ideal for you. Together, we will develop elicitation activities, conflict resolution strategies and explore requirement sources and elicitation techniques in depth.

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Objectives

  • Understanding of structured requirements elicitation
  • Precise identification of requirements sources
  • Identification of appropriate elicitation techniques
  • Application of relevant conflict resolution activities between conflicting requirements
  • Preparation for the CPRE Advanced Level Requirements Elicitation – Practitioner exam

Target groups:

Requirements Engineer, Business Analyst and Product Owner

Certificate - IREB® CPRE AL Requirements Elicitation - Practitioner

The course is based on the current IREB® syllabus and prepares you for the CPRE Advanced Level Requirements Elicitation – Practitioner exam which you may take online. Our web app provides study materials and exam questions to help you prepare for the certification exam.

Note

There is an additional fee for the certification exam. The certification exam consists of a multiple choice test. Refer to the exam modalities and fees page for more information. Additionally, a written assignment may be submitted in order to become a specialist.

Syllabus

1. A framework for structuring and managing requirements elicitation

  • The scope of elicitation in Requirements Engineering
  • Factors relevant to the approach of planning elicitation
  • Planning and executing requirements elicitation
  • Process patterns

2. Requirements sources

  • Fundamentals of requirements sources
  • Identify, classify and manage stakeholders
  • Identify, classify and manage documents
  • Identify, classify and manage systems

3. Elicitation

  • Gathering techniques
  • Design and idea-generating techniques
  • Thinking tools
  • Describing elicitation techniques by attributes

4. Conflict resolution

  • Conflict identification
  • Conflict analysis
  • Conflict resolution
  • Documentation of conflict resolution

5. Skills of the Requirements Engineer

  • Required skills in the areas of elicitation
  • Communication theory and communication models
  • Self-reflection on personal skills in requirements elicitation
  • Opportunities for personal development
  • Learning from previous experiences – lifelong learning

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