BCS Cert in Requirements Engineering

Service Description

Delivery Method - Live Instructor led or Face-to-face classroom Overview This intensive two-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. Target Audience This course is for those wishing to acquire the skill set required for establishing system requirements and those wishing to attain the BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering. Prerequisites There are no specific pre-requisites for this course. Learning Outcomes At the end of this course you will be able 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 Requirements and the Business Context Eliciting and Documenting Requirements Interviewing for Requirements Use of Models in Requirements Engineering Analysing and Negotiating Requirements Validating Requirements Managing Requirements Benefits Confirmation Case Study A case study allows the delegates to undertake a simulated requirements engineering assignment to practice the new skills. Exams & Certification What format is the exam? BCS Requirements Engineering Exam (One Hour Multiple Choice) One hour closed book Pass mark is 26/40 i.e. 62.5%