BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering

Special Notices

This course is also available as a virtual class.

Overview

This intensive three-day course develops the skills needed to work with requirements stakeholders to ensure that requirements satisfy various perspectives and that conflicts are negotiated to a position of consensus.

Delegates will learn how to work with stakeholders and other requirements actors to ensure the requirements are complete, unambiguous, realistic and testable.

Prerequisites

• There are no specific pre-requisites for this course, however this course is for those wishing to acquire the skill set required for establishing system requirements and those wishing to attain the BCS Business Systems Development Certificate in Requirements Engineering.

• Examination delegates should also book on course code REEX-2) and candidates with special exam requirements should consult the BCS web site (www.bcs.org.uk) for the BCS Special Needs policy. Note that the BCS must be advised at least four weeks in advance of any special requirements.

• Those delegates taking the BCS certificate will need to spend 60-90 minutes each evening on revision and example examination questions.

Photographic identification for exams and BCS reasonable adjustments policy

• If you are taking a BCS exam you must bring photographic identification (passport, driving license or student card) as it is a BCS requirement to produce it for the invigilator prior to the exam. Failure to produce a valid form of photographic identification will result in a candidate not being able to sit the exam.
• The BCS also allow additional time for candidates who have a disability or whose business language is not English. Candidates can request this additonal time in line with the BCS reasonable adjustments policy. If you believe you qualify please contact our examination administration team as early as possible. At least three weeks notice will be required for processing and delegates failing to advise QA and provide proof if requested by the BCS may not be allowed the additional support offered via this BCS policy.

For any questions about what form of identification is acceptable, or for more information about the BCS reasonable adjustments policy, please contact your Account Manager or the QA Examination Administration team on 44 (0)1793 696273.

Delegates will learn how to

• describe the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in the requirements engineering process
• demonstrate the application of a range requirements elicitation techniques
• explain the use of requirements elicitation techniques and the relevance of the techniques to given situations
• document and prioritise user requirements for an information system
• identify problems with requirements and explain how requirements documentation may be improved
• create a process/function model of requirements for an information system
• interpret a model of the data requirements for an information system
• explain the importance of linking project objectives and requirements to the Business Case
• describe the principles of Requirements Management and explain the importance of managing requirements
• describe the use of CASE tools to support Requirements Engineering
• explain the principles of Requirements Validation and define an approach to validating requirements

Course Outline.

The Requirements Engineering Process

• Lifecycle for business change; Business plans and objectives; Problems with requirements; The stakeholders involved in RE; RE process overview

Requirements and the Business Context

• Hierarchy of requirements; TOR/PID; Functional requirements; Non-Functional requirements; General/Technical requirements; Service level requirements

Eliciting and Documenting Requirements

• Problems with elicitation; Different stakeholders viewpoints; Elicitation techniques; Facilitated workshops in detail; Prioritisation of requirements; The structure and contents of a requirement

Interviewing for Requirements

• Interviewing for RE; The interviewing lifecycle; Planning, preparing, conducting and following up the interview; Questioning strategies

Use of Models in Requirements Engineering

• Developing a process/functional model; Reading a static (data) model

Analysing and Negotiating Requirements

• Iterating requirements; Congruence with business objectives; Analysing requirements against: Classification, Priority, Ambiguity, Testability, Risk, Granularity, Omissions, Conflicts, Overlaps, and Achievability; Resolving conflicts

Validating Requirements

• Requirements validation; Requirements reviews; Validation checklist; Validation by prototyping

Managing Requirements

• The principles of requirements management (RM); How the '4 pillars' support RM; The baseline mechanism; The role of the Change Control Board

Benefits Confirmation

• Requirements testing/user acceptance testing; Post-implementation review; Roles of requirements actors

Case Study

• A case study allows the delegates to undertake a simulated requirements engineering assignment to practise the new skills.

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